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Tag Archives: Art
Jewels of Persia at the Epic Iran – 5,000 years of Culture exhibition at the V&A
The Victoria and Albert Museum in London is the world’s largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts, and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and named after Queen Victoria and Prince … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, history, Life, London, Religion and Faith
Tagged Art, Epic Iran Exhibition, Iran, V&A, Victoria and Albert Museum
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The Leake Street Graffiti tunnel
One of the great things about London is that it has so many facets. History, big-business, entrepreneurs, literature and theatre, shopping and so much much more including modern culture and that includes street art. A few years ago I … Continue reading
Posted in Cool Britannia, Life, London, Photography, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours
Tagged Art, Graffiti, Leake Street Tunnel, Street Art, Tunnels, walking tours
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The new fourth plinth artwork at Trafalgar Square
Readers with a long memory might remember a post I wrote in 2018 The Trafalgar Square Fourth Plinth about a rather interesting temporary art installation what is said to be the most viewed public art annually in the world. Sadly the old … Continue reading
Posted in Cool Britannia, Life, London, News, Opinion
Tagged Art, Fourth Plinth, London, Modern Art, Sculpture, Trafalgar Square
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Visiting the home of Edward Adrian Wilson – a forgotten hero who died with Captain Scott of the Antarctic.
Every now and then I write a post not quite realising the scope it will take on, perhaps once or twice a year I investigate something and it gives me something to reflect on all year and this is what … Continue reading
Posted in geography, history
Tagged 73 Stanmore Hill, Antartica, Art, Captain Scott, Diary, Edward Adrian Wilson, Explorer, South Pole, Stanmore, Wales
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Coronavirus Diary 45 – Paint me like one of your French girls
Every day since I took delivery of my little front garden bench, I have had an early morning cup of tea there. The road is always quiet and I share my time between watching the sun rising higher in the … Continue reading
Posted in Life
Tagged Art, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Diary, Diary, Ding Dong, garden, Self isolation, Social Distancing, Sunrise
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Plumbing the depths of despair.
As if being pushed under a tube train in February and attacked in the street in November isn’t bad enough I’ve recently had the only item of value stolen from my new home recently. With not much else that can … Continue reading
Crop Circles, Tornados and Aliens oh my!
Last week I was looking for a neolithic burial tomb and some ancient stones on Googlemaps. There are thousands of such places but most people only seem to know of Stonehenge. Whilst I was looking for my tomb and amongst … Continue reading
Posted in Cool Britannia, Life, Popular Culture
Tagged Aerial Photography, Aliens, Art, Avebury, Crop Circles, Maps, Stonehenge, Tornado, Tornadoes, Weather, Wiltshire
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Cheers to pub signs!
As we near the darkest and coldest nights in the U.K. many of us will be spending at least some times in pubs. This would have been even more the case in years gone by. There have been … Continue reading
The statue of Peace in Smithfield with its secret sign of fidelity.
As I mentioned in passing on my post on Smithfield Market the area hasn’t just got a millennia long relationship with animal markets and executions. It was also a place where men in Victorian times would bring their unwanted wives to … Continue reading
The Kazakhstan art exhibition in a disused London power station
Whilst out and about scouting a new walking tour in the East End of London, I had the good fortune to come across one of those hidden treasures which I still do so regularly even after all my exploration. Going … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Life, London, News, Travel
Tagged Art, Kazakhstan, London, Wapping, Wapping Hydraulic Power Station, Wapping project
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