Brollies, Lefties & Curses
The umbrella man, southpaws and that man Macbeth
August 12
Jonas Hanway was born on this date in 1712. Merchant, philanthropist and tireless campaigner, he founded a number of charities and produced 85 published works, including ‘A Journal of Eight Days’ Journey from Portsmouth to Kingston upon Thames’, ‘An Essay on Tea’ (which he considered reprehensible stuff) and ‘A Comprehensive View of Sunday Scho…