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 […]
A visit to the English Heritage site at Avebury. In which I enjoy seeing some standing stones, and fail to make friends with any sheep. Avebury: Neolithic Site in the Care of English Heritage Avebury, in Wiltshire, is a very interesting neolithic site and world heritage area. Built between approximately 2850 and 2200 BC, the […]
Review of a visit to Oxford, in which I enjoy doing basically everything that’s reopened to the public. As mentioned in my recent post about Blenheim Palace, I decided to ditch London for a week as things started to open up a little, and set up camp in Oxford. Blenheim Palace was one of my […]
A review of an outing to Blenheim Palace Summer 2020. In which I enjoy seeing how the other half live, and manage not to shock myself climbing over an electric fence. Review of Blenheim Palace, UNESCO World Heritage Site Blenheim Palace is both home to the Dukes of Marlborough and a UNESCO World Heritage site. […]
Review of National Gallery exhibitions on Titian and Maes. In which the exhibitions are ok, and the National Gallery expects you to know their layout as well as they do Back at the National Gallery By this time, I had been to the Wallace Collection and the Royal Academy. I felt like I was getting […]
Review of the Royal Academy exhibition Picasso and Paper. In which I enjoy seeing Picasso’s immense creativity, but could have done without being herded from room to room. Navigating the Staggered Reopening of London’s Museums The thing about museums and galleries reopening is that it’s kind of all happening at once. They are staggering the […]
