A visit to the National Maritime Museum to see the highlights of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. In which I learned a bit more about the universe, and thought that this is really not a hobby many children can take up unless their parents are already into it. Back to the (Barely Open) […]
A review of the Florence Nightingale Museum and its temporary exhibition. In which I began to realise that maybe I don’t need to rush out to every museum that reopens. But I still learned some things I didn’t know before and was glad to see a museum that has fought off closure for now. Can […]
A visit to the Guildhall Art Gallery including a review of the exhibition The Enchanted Interior. In which I learn that all those orientalising Victorian and Pre-Raphaelite paintings may sometimes have more to them than meets the eye! Welcome to the Guildhall Art Gallery and The Enchanted Interior The Guildhall Art Gallery unfortunately only opened […]
A review of London’s Charles Dickens Museum. In which I should probably have got the audioguide, but I didn’t because they’re not my favourite… Welcome to the Charles Dickens Museum The Charles Dickens Museum is just a stone’s throw away from the Foundling Museum. In fact, Dickens was a supporter and fundraiser for the Foundling […]
A review of the sound installation Blindness at the Donmar Warehouse. In which I was thrilled to be back in a theatre, and so impressed by what the Donmar has produced. Back in a Theatre! Oh how I have missed live theatre! And this isn’t quite live theatre, but it’s very close. In some respects […]
A review of London’s Foundling Museum. In which I learn a lot about London’s social history, see some interesting paintings and ponder the depiction of pregnancy in British art. Visiting London’s Smaller Museums as Lockdown Eases I have never before visited the Foundling Museum, but took the opportunity of lessening lockdown to go and see […]
A review of Petworth House in West Sussex. In which I get a little bit sunburned in the name of enjoying a splendid stately home and deer park. Petworth House, the ‘English Versailles’ Petworth House has variously been a medieval great house, Tudor manor house, and the ‘English Versailles’ (bit of a stretch). It’s also […]
Review of the exhibition Aubrey Beardsley at Tate Britain. In which I struggled once more with social distancing, but at least there were more mask-wearers here than at Tate Modern. Aubrey Beardsley at Tate Britain I’m sure you remember my review of Andy Warhol at Tate Modern: exhibition fine, organisation shambolic. Well, a few days […]
Review of the exhibition Masculinities at the Barbican, and a visit to the Conservatory. In which I am impressed by the Barbican’s Covid provisions, have my horizons expanded, and finish with a relaxing walk among the plants. Back at the Barbican! The Barbican were among the first major London cultural institutions to put tickets on […]
Review of Warhol at Tate Modern. In which I am put off by a chaotic lack of social distancing. The exhibition was ok but would have been better if I could have spent more time looking at it. Back to Tate Modern to Review some Warhol I was looking forward to the reopening of Tate […]
