I’ve wanted to visit Winchester Cathedral for a while now due to the Jane Austen connection (she is buried here) but until I arrived I had no idea how large and full of interesting tombs, artefacts and museums it would prove to be.
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Winchester Cathedral
Categories: England, Hampshire, Winchester
Tags: photo post, guided tour, stained glass, architecture, cathedral, statue, history, exhibition, free tour, jane austen, pre-raphaelites
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Ranjit Singh: Sikh, Warrior, King at the Wallace Collection, London
In early October I headed to London to attend a couple of exhibitions, one of which was this exploration of the life of Ranjit Singh. I’m on the Wallace Collection‘s email list and it sounded like an interesting exhibition on a subject I know nothing about though I’m not sure I knew a great deal more than I did before. I’ve been to a few paid exhibitions at the Wallace Collection now and while they have interesting items on display I never feel they go into a great deal of depth about the subject matter. Still, I did learn more while researching this post so I suppose that’s something!
Categories: England, London
Tags: exhibition, history, museum, paid exhibition, photo post, the wallace collection
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Murder by the Book at Cambridge University Library
My main motivation for travelling to Cambridge in August was to attend the Murder by the Book exhibition at Cambridge University Library (I had intended to get this post up before it finished on August 24th but a family medical emergency – now largely resolved – impacted all my plans). I’d never been up to the part of Cambridge where the library is located before which is the main research library of the university. Designed by Giles Gilbert Scott (designer of the red telephone box among other things) it opened in 1934.
Categories: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Tags: agatha christie, architecture, crime fiction, exhibition, fiction, free entry, golden age crime literature, history, library, literature, photo post, tea room
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Wollaton Hall and Miniature Masterpieces
I recently decided to take a long walk around Wollaton Hall and Deer Park as I hadn’t been for a while and was in need of some fresh air. It was also deer rutting season and though I didn’t see any stags I did see a lot more female deer than usual, plus a load of squirrels.
Categories: England, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Tags: deer, deer park, exhibition, nottingham, photo post, Wollaton Hall
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Faberge in London: Romance to Revolution at the V&A Museum, London
I’ve been a fan of Faberge’s work for a long time and I was delighted to get a ticket to see this exhibition at the V&A Museum in March. I’d bought the tickets in November of the previous year, not knowing then what COVID restrictions might be in place or even if I would feel up to travelling.
Categories: England, London
Tags: exhibition, faberge, museum, no photography allowed, photo post, v&a museum, victoria and albert
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The Lighthouse, Glasgow
The Lighthouse is Scotland’s National Centre for Design and Architecture. Originally it was the offices of the Glasgow Herald newspaper, designed by the architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh as his first public commission and completed in 1895.
Categories: Glasgow, Scotland
Tags: architecture, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, exhibition, Glasgow, model, museum, photo post
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Tutankhamun: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh, London
In 2022 it will be 100 years since Tutankhamun’s tomb was discovered and this tour of treasures from the tomb which is visiting cities around the world is to celebrate both that and the construction of the Grand Egyptian Museum where all of these items will return, many of which have never been outside of Egypt before.
Categories: England, London
Tags: Egyptian, Egyptian artefacts, Egyptian history, exhibition, photo post, Saatchi Gallery, Tutankhamun
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China’s First Emperor and Terracotta Warriors Exhibition, World Museum, Liverpool
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The reason for my recent trip to Liverpool was to go to the Terracotta Warriors exhibition at the World Museum. The exhibition is on until 28 October and proving so popular that they’ve had to extend the opening hours – I booked over two months in advance and even then didn’t have a lot of choice about what time I could go. But if you can get to it it is absolutely worth it and a fabulous exhibition.
Categories: England, Liverpool
Tags: bronze artefacts, China, exhibition, museum, photo post, statues, terracotta warriors, world museum
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The Harley Gallery: Brick Wonders Lego Exhibition
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The Harley Gallery is part of the Harley Foundation, set up in 1977 by Ivy, Duchess of Portland to support the visual arts. It’s named after Edward Harley, husband to Lady Henrietta Cavendish Holles and who as a collector of art and manuscripts helped found the British Library. The building itself was built on the ruins of the 5th Duke of Portland’s gasworks which provided light and heat at Welbeck.
Categories: England, Nottinghamshire
Tags: brick wonders exhibition, exhibition, harley gallery, lego, photo post, warren elsmore, welbeck, welbeck estate
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