Category Archives: Museum Exhibition

Special exhibitions held in museums which I’ve attended

Unhindered by delusions and madness

Posted on June 23, 2024 by Gary

I popped into a Prezzo for breakfast this morning on the way to the British Museum, and discovered the egg and sausage pizzulata. It’s only served for breakfast. What an excellent invention. Suffice it to say, I didn’t have a … Continue reading →

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Mistaken for a statue

Posted on February 16, 2023 by Gary

There was an old, homeless man on the T-bana today. He was pulling a trolley behind him, filled with plastic bags containing, I assumed, his worldly possessions. He was asking for money, however, he only approached young, pretty blonde women. … Continue reading →

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More than just a pretty voice

Posted on May 7, 2022 by Gary

We are staying in a very quiet part of East Sussex. All night, the silence was immaculate. Okay, the old dog did bark a little bit but his chat gradually vanished so that, when I woke up in the depths … Continue reading →

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Designing for the virtual world

Posted on July 6, 2021 by Gary

Snow Crash is the title of a 1992 science fiction book written by Neal Stephenson. It was a bit of a cult classic and many of the concepts created in the book have gone on to become real things in … Continue reading →

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Dance in Scandinavia

Posted on July 3, 2021 by Gary

Way back when we started looking at what sites to see in Stockholm, Mirinda came across the Dance Museum. Unfortunately, it was closed due to the plague. Then, this week, she decided to have a day in Stockholm on her … Continue reading →

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3000 and 5

Posted on March 17, 2017 by Gary

This post marks my 3,000th post. Overall (which includes 34 posts not by me) there are 1,731,220 words on my blog. Taking the average number of words from the overall posts and the overall words, I have written approximately 1,711,818 … Continue reading →

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188 to Russell Square

Posted on December 16, 2016 by Gary

Emma Hamilton (1765-1815) was an amazing woman and I won’t hear a word said against her. Before today I would have said she was simply the woman who became Horatio Nelson’s lover but now, thanks to the fantastic exhibition at … Continue reading →

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Marvellous models

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Gary

1952 was Leonardo da Vinci’s 500th birthday. Rather than make a cake, a bunch of people from Milan decided to build a load of models based on the Master’s drawings. Many people believe Leonardo was the first to propose a … Continue reading →

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Collisions in Switzerland

Posted on December 7, 2013 by Gary

I had a great day at work yesterday. Most of it was spent researching the Thames Ironworks, which is where the information came from for yesterday’s post about Chuck Mare. Thames Ironworks is a bit of a problem because it … Continue reading →

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Beauty back in time

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Gary

A long time ago (about 40,000 years to be, sort of, precise) someone carved a bit of ivory into the form of a naked woman. The little figurine then laid in a cave waiting for someone to find it. Unfortunately … Continue reading →

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