Entertainment & Arts
An observation regarding “A Beatrix Potter Pilgrimage” (July 16): While Beatrix Potter was visiting friends in Gloucester, she heard the story that formed the basis of what she often called her favorite of her own stories, “The Tailor of Gloucester.”
Sept. 10, 1995
Books
Beatrix Potter, creator of Peter Rabbit, was a rebel by her day’s Victorian standards.
Dec. 24, 2006
By her own choice, Beatrix Potter, one of the world’s most enduring children’s authors, went largely unnoticed in her own lifetime.
Dec. 20, 1987
Movies
WANDER into a screening of “Miss Potter” a few minutes late to see Renee Zellweger, in a long skirt and loose bun, scribbling in a notebook while musing to herself in British-accented voice-over and you might easily mistake it for another sequel.
Dec. 29, 2006
“Don’t you think that you should concentrate on Beatrix Potter?”
March 18, 1993
Sep 4th 1893 My dear Noel, I don’t know what to write you, so I shall tell you a story about four little rabbits whose names were--Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail and Peter.
Aug. 15, 1993
Travel & Experiences
Soak up the scenery on an eight-day luxury self-guided walking tour of the Lake District, England’s newest World Heritage Site.
Jan. 14, 2019
Beatrix Potter A Life in Nature Linda Lear St. Martin’s: 584 pp., $30
Jan. 14, 2007
In certain parts of England and Scotland, it’s almost impossible to avoid Beatrix Potter.
July 16, 1995
Archives
Three watercolor drawings by children’s writer Beatrix Potter have been discovered in a Gloucestershire farm house and will be offered at auction Dec. 14.
Dec. 4, 1989