I continue my tour of the best French public art collections outside Paris with le Musée d’arts de Nantes. Art and the French Revolution So far in Nantes, you’ve followed along to get a taster of the 6th largest city in France, and then let your imagination carry you away with a visit to les Machines de […]
My very final stop in Egypt is Luxor Museum. An opportunity to review some of the things I’ve learned during my travels and see some highlights in a purpose-built, well-displayed museum setting. What to Pick For Our Final Day in Egypt? In my last few posts you’ve had an idea of how wonderful, but jam-packed, […]
The first archaeological stop of our Nile cruise is at Kom Ombo, location of an unusual temple with a dual dedication, a crocodile museum, and a depiction of the mysterious Imhotep. A Visit to Kom Ombo Temple In my last post, I talked about the experience of a Nile cruise as part of a one […]
The silver lining of only making to Egypt for the first time in 2026 is that I had the opportunity to see the impressive and long-awaited Grand Egyptian Museum, the largest museum in the world for a single civilisation. A Long-Awaited Museum on a Long-Awaited Trip What a first day on my tour of Egypt. […]
Ahead of a visit to the shiny new Grand Egyptian Museum, I decide to check out where it all began – the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. A Long-Awaited Trip Today on the blog, we are embarking on a series of posts about Egypt.* I’ve mentioned before that the young Salterton Arts Review wanted to be […]
Dr. David Craggs provides a guest post on the Architekturzentrum Wien, including (now concluded) temporary exhibition Abundance Not Capital: the lively architecture of Anupama Kundoo. Urban explorations What is the purpose of architecture? For those of us with more than a passing interest in the urban, pondering such questions can be a keenly held occupation […]
I visit one of London’s newest museums, V&A East, part of the development of Stratford as a cultural quarter. London, I Can’t Keep Up No, I’m serious. Between exhibitions, theatre, other sights to see in London – before you even start thinking about doing things outside London once in a while – I can’t keep […]
A final museum visit in Hong Kong takes me to Flagstaff House and its Museum of Tea Ware, a mix of colonial architecture and Chinese tradition. A Final Museum Stop in Hong Kong Thank you for joining me as I packed in as many cultural activities as possible during my recent trip to Hong Kong. […]
The Hong Kong Heritage Museum covers a broad range of topics that make this place so special. A Final Day in Hong Kong – What to Pick? I’ve already given you a teaser for this museum: we walked past it as I visited Sha Tin and went on to Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery. It was […]
I get to know more of the West Kowloon Cultural District with M+, built to rival the great museums of modern and contemporary art. A Visit to M+ In recent days you have joined me for three walks in different parts of Hong Kong, where we explored aspects of the territory’s history. We started in […]
