A Painswick panorama : glimpses into the history of a Cotswold village

Donaldson, David2022

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This panoramic sequence tells the history of Painswick from pre-Roman times to the present day. While remaining true to the detail of its historical sources, it widens the view to include broader issues of national and continental history, connecting up seemingly unrelated episodes in a whole which raises deeper questions concerning the natiure of ‘progress’. It’s a story which is more than of local interest. In seeking to delve beneath the surface of the given facts, the sequence suggests the sort of wealth of human detail and striving uncovered here could well be replicated in any village throughout Britain. However ‘local’ we may feel ourselves to be, we remain inextricably part of a much larger picture.