Corporal Shaw I suppose some of us never really grow up. When serving, I visited my Regimental museum and among all the astonishing things to see and read was the story of Corporal Shaw. It frightens me now that I should have learnt by heart the description of this regimental celebrity. “..Corporal Shaw who cleft […]
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Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun
Is one allowed to fall in love with a girl who died 166 years ago aged 87? She was clearly a very colourful lady. She survived the French Revolution despite being very closely connected to the French Queen (25 portraits) and continued on to be a celebrated painter for the rest of her life. Her […]
Prejudice in Art
By sculptor on June 12, 2008 in Art History, Artists, Literature, sculptor, Sculpture, Sir Thomas Browne
Just how much are you influenced by suggestion, your parents, your teachers, your peers? If you are told something is good or interesting then will you believe it? If it is on show in a museum – exhibition- will you automatically accept that it should demand your attention? Or are you the sort who hates […]
My Dormitory Ghosts
I wasn’t really interested in ghost stories but I was in demand as a teller of them. This constantly got me into trouble for talking after lights out in a classic English prep school in the late 50s early 60s. The Vicar of Seaford was chosen for his power of story telling too. He preached […]
Snow from the north?
We live slap in the middle of Thomas Hardy country. Here is Weatherby castle just to the north of us. The picture was taken about midday today with snow predicted soon! The little bridge you can see in the middle of the picture is the site of the Roman Road that runs East /West across […]
