Corsham is connected to Bradford on Avon by the B3109 road, to Melksham by the B3353, and to Chippenham and Bath by the A4 Bath Road, a former turnpike from London to Bristol. Junction 17 of the M4 motorway is about 8 miles (12 km) from Corsham. Bus company Faresaver operate local services, as well as buses to nearby towns (including the twice-per-hour X31 between Bath and Chippenham). [67]

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From the age of 20, Cioran began to suffer from insomnia, a condition which he suffered from for the rest of his life, and permeated his writings. [4] Cioran's decision to write about his experiences in his first book, On the Heights of Despair, came from an episode of insomnia. [5] Career [ edit ] Berlin and Romania [ edit ] Two schools outside the parish take pupils from Corsham: Box CE ( VC) Primary School and Shaw CE Primary School. In 2014, scenes for the new adaptation of Poldarkwere filmed in the town's High Street, meaning Corsham then featured in every series until the drama ended in 2019. [90] Media [ edit ]

Corsham is a historic market town and civil parish in west Wiltshire, England. [3] It is at the south-western edge of the Cotswolds, just off the A4 national route, 28 miles (45km) southwest of Swindon, 20 miles (32km) east of Bristol, 8 miles (13km) northeast of Bath and 4 miles (6km) southwest of Chippenham. Pe culmile disperării (translated " On the Heights of Despair"), Editura "Fundația pentru Literatură și Artă", Bucharest 1934The Corsham School, The Tynings, is Corsham's only secondary school; it was opened in 1972 as a comprehensive school and is now a large academy with a sixth form. In 2022 the school had 1,176 pupils. [36] Another use for the quarries is the film industry. Underground scenes from the first episode of Blake's 7 were filmed at Eastlays, [85] and disused tunnels form part of the studio complex of Corsham Media Park, a specialist business park that opened in 2001 adjacent to RAF Rudloe Manor. [86] Monk's Lane Chapel". Wiltshire Council. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 . Retrieved 4 May 2016. The Church of St. John the Baptist at Gastard was built in 1912 in the gothic style. [48] Roman Catholic [ edit ]

At 10, Cioran moved to Sibiu to attend school, and at 17, he was enrolled in the Faculty of Literature and Philosophy at the University of Bucharest, where he met Eugène Ionesco and Mircea Eliade, who became his friends. [1] Future Romanian philosopher Constantin Noica and future Romanian thinker Petre Țuțea became his closest academic colleagues; all three studied under Tudor Vianu and Nae Ionescu. Cioran, Eliade, and Țuțea became supporters of Ionescu's ideas, known as Trăirism. [ citation needed] Local radio stations are BBC Radio Wiltshire on 104.3 FM, Heart West on 102.2 FM, Greatest Hits Radio South West on 107.5 FM, and Kik Radio, a community radio station that broadcast online. [93] Society of Friends, Monk's Lane". Wiltshire Council. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016 . Retrieved 4 May 2016.a b Historic England. "Heywood Prep School – The Priory (1363947)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 2 May 2016. Corsham Town Football Club – Club History". Archived from the original on 7 February 2002 . Retrieved 13 July 2008.

Pevsner writes: "A large church with a commanding S tower with spire. It looks as if it were all built for the great house and the estate in the days of Victorian prosperity. In fact Street only restored an old church, but he did it unfortunately thoroughly, and he added the tower." [18] Although not much is known about Emil Cosman's education it is at least known that he attended the Michigan State University in 2008 and graduated in 2010 with a Bachelor's degree in Sociology. As seen on his LinkedIn profile, Cosman graduated with a GPA of 3.92.Monk's Chapel, built near Gastard in 1662, was formerly a Quaker meeting-house and was transferred to the Congregational church in 1690. [51] [52] The chapel is a Grade I listed building [53] and continues in use as of 2016. [54] Other free churches [ edit ] Gass, William H. (22 August 1968). "The Evil Demiurge". The New York Review. ISSN 0028-7504 . Retrieved 28 September 2022. An aged Cioran is the main character in a play by Romanian dramatist-actor Matei Vișniec, Mansardă la Paris cu vedere spre moarte ("A Paris Loft with a View on Death"). The play, depicting an imaginary meeting between Vișniec and Cioran, [40] was first brought to the stage in 2007, under the direction of Radu Afrim and with a cast of Romanian and Luxembourgian actors; Cioran was played by Constantin Cojocaru. [41] Stagings were organized in the Romanian city of Sibiu [40] [41] and in the Luxembourg, at Esch-sur-Alzette (both Sibiu and Luxembourg City were the year's European Capital of Culture). [40] In 2009, the Romanian Academy granted posthumous membership to Cioran. [42] Nearby stations, and most passenger trains, are operated by Great Western Railway. Some local services call at the nearest station at Melksham (4.5miles, 7.2km) while Chippenham station (4.7miles, 7.5km) offers frequent express services and connections.