- Constable: The Dark Side at The Arc, Winchester
Shadow and light go hand in hand. You cannot have one without the other and those three little words sum up life. A new exhibition opened this week in Winchester, Constable: The Dark Side, exploring the moody side of the English Romantic landscape painter displaying over 30 works on loan from a number of institutions including the Victoria and Albert Museum and Royal Academy. John …
- Review: Luxury and power: Persia to Greece at the British Museum
A new exhibition opened this week at the British Museum that aims to explore how a sense of personal luxurious living permeated from Persian culture into other parts of the world in the period 550-30BC, and was adopted by subsequent rulers as a form of civic ‘soft power’. Opening in the coronaton week for King Charles III, accompained by all the flamboyancy of royal pageantry …
- Review: Sin at The Arc, Winchester
Is sin even a thing in today’s mad, mad world? Where the word ‘sorry’ is flung about with thoughtless abandon and the sense that it grants instant absolution, does a speck of pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, or sloth still keep us awake at night? A new exhibition opened this week exploring depictions of ‘sinful’ behaviour through religious and secular art. The small but …
- Exploring London: Westminster Abbey
Inspired by a recent visit to St Paul’s Cathedral, this week I made it to the mighty Westminster Abbey. It was a day well spent, despite train delays and chilly weather. It is actually a good time to visit London’s iconic buildings, that is before the spring tourism season begins. The Gothic cathedral is quite modest architecturally from the outside and on first stepping inside …
- Reopening this summer: National Portrait Gallery
In 2020, Sir Paul McCartney unearthed a treasure trove in his own archive. Almost a thousand personal photographs taken on his 35mm camera between 1963-64, when Beatlemania went global, goes on show at the National Portrait Gallery this summer. Following the British band’s very first visit to the USA the four lads from Liverppol were metamorphosed into the most recognisable people on Earth. And this …
- Review: Spain and the Hispanic World
Starting off the year as I mean to go on, I visited the first major exhibition of 2023 which opened in London this weekend. Over 150 items arranged chronologically, from antiquity to early 20th Century, provide a visual narrative of the history of Spanish culture. On display at Spain and the Hispanic World: Treasures from the Hispanic Society Museum & Library at the Royal Academy, are …
- Exhibition Preview: 2023
Have you bought your new diary, or do you rely solely on a digital calendar? I’m a traditionalist and carefully select a beautiful hardback desk diary which becomes my bible for the year, with appointments, anniversaries, travel and events. Everything, large or small, noted to not only keep on track but, just as importantly, in anticipation of interesting and fun things to come. Having good …
- Christmas decorations at Windsor Castle
Today is the first Sunday of Advent and this week I share my visit to see the royal decorations at the iconic Windsor Castle. The day trip was part festive, part reminisce (verb: to indulge in enjoyable recollection of past events) and part pilgrimage. Which seems entirely fitting as the year draws to an end. Let’s get Christmas 2022 started!
- Visiting St Paul’s Cathedral: The Highlights
For some unfathomable reason I have never been inside Christopher Wren’s masterpiece. Recently, I made amends and spent the day in what is, surely, one of the most breathtaking buildings in the world. The approach to St Paul’s Cathedral across Blackfriars Bridge affords a great view of the iconic dome and towers, but it is nothing compared to stepping inside. It was love at first …
- Review: 878 AD a new App. by creators of Assassin’s Creed
If you were a Time Traveller where would you transport to? A new App. 878 AD launched this week and aims to re-create a significant moment in English history. After years of repeated attacks by the Vikings, in 878 AD King Alfred finally defeated the Great Heathen Army at Edington in Wiltshire, close to his army’s winter quarters. His success would mark the beginning of …
Shadow and light go hand in hand. You cannot have one without the other and those three little words sum up life. A new exhibition opened this week in Winchester, Constable: The Dark Side, exploring the moody side of the English Romantic landscape painter displaying over 30 works on loan from a number of institutions including the Victoria and Albert Museum and Royal Academy. John …
A new exhibition opened this week at the British Museum that aims to explore how a sense of personal luxurious living permeated from Persian culture into other parts of the world in the period 550-30BC, and was adopted by subsequent rulers as a form of civic ‘soft power’. Opening in the coronaton week for King Charles III, accompained by all the flamboyancy of royal pageantry …
Is sin even a thing in today’s mad, mad world? Where the word ‘sorry’ is flung about with thoughtless abandon and the sense that it grants instant absolution, does a speck of pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, or sloth still keep us awake at night? A new exhibition opened this week exploring depictions of ‘sinful’ behaviour through religious and secular art. The small but …
Inspired by a recent visit to St Paul’s Cathedral, this week I made it to the mighty Westminster Abbey. It was a day well spent, despite train delays and chilly weather. It is actually a good time to visit London’s iconic buildings, that is before the spring tourism season begins. The Gothic cathedral is quite modest architecturally from the outside and on first stepping inside …
In 2020, Sir Paul McCartney unearthed a treasure trove in his own archive. Almost a thousand personal photographs taken on his 35mm camera between 1963-64, when Beatlemania went global, goes on show at the National Portrait Gallery this summer. Following the British band’s very first visit to the USA the four lads from Liverppol were metamorphosed into the most recognisable people on Earth. And this …
Starting off the year as I mean to go on, I visited the first major exhibition of 2023 which opened in London this weekend. Over 150 items arranged chronologically, from antiquity to early 20th Century, provide a visual narrative of the history of Spanish culture. On display at Spain and the Hispanic World: Treasures from the Hispanic Society Museum & Library at the Royal Academy, are …
Have you bought your new diary, or do you rely solely on a digital calendar? I’m a traditionalist and carefully select a beautiful hardback desk diary which becomes my bible for the year, with appointments, anniversaries, travel and events. Everything, large or small, noted to not only keep on track but, just as importantly, in anticipation of interesting and fun things to come. Having good …
Today is the first Sunday of Advent and this week I share my visit to see the royal decorations at the iconic Windsor Castle. The day trip was part festive, part reminisce (verb: to indulge in enjoyable recollection of past events) and part pilgrimage. Which seems entirely fitting as the year draws to an end. Let’s get Christmas 2022 started!
For some unfathomable reason I have never been inside Christopher Wren’s masterpiece. Recently, I made amends and spent the day in what is, surely, one of the most breathtaking buildings in the world. The approach to St Paul’s Cathedral across Blackfriars Bridge affords a great view of the iconic dome and towers, but it is nothing compared to stepping inside. It was love at first …
If you were a Time Traveller where would you transport to? A new App. 878 AD launched this week and aims to re-create a significant moment in English history. After years of repeated attacks by the Vikings, in 878 AD King Alfred finally defeated the Great Heathen Army at Edington in Wiltshire, close to his army’s winter quarters. His success would mark the beginning of …
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