Tag Archives: art

Architecture

Posted on December 9, 2014 by Gary

After a glorious sleep in, we finally emerged from our luxurious hotel room in an actual sunny day. Each day so far has been quite grey with occasional drizzle but today was beautiful…cold, but beautiful. Of course, we took breakfast … Continue reading →

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Cardboard cut outs

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Gary

A while ago, Mirinda spotted a painting in a home store in Farnham. She thought it would look perfect in the extension. She asked me to have a look and tell her what I thought. I agreed. However, I did … Continue reading →

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From Orange

Posted on October 10, 2014 by Gary

Work this week was very similar to last week; only the names had changed. Rather than the shipbuilding firm of Dennys, I was researching and cleaning up the Doxford records. Like Denny’s, there’s a lot of name changing, growth and … Continue reading →

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Not Samuel Baxter

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Gary

This week I was going to write about a chap called Samuel Baxter. In 1868 he created a new kind of anchor. He sounded like a pretty cool guy. Except I didn’t find out a whole lot about him. So, … Continue reading →

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Civil disobedience

Posted on September 13, 2014 by Gary

Today, the plan was to enjoy brunch at the Holly Bush. Unfortunately, the Holly Bush had other ideas. They stopped serving food just before we arrived. Plan B ended up with us going to the Frensham Garden Centre and having … Continue reading →

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Rubbish Collection

Posted on August 1, 2014 by Gary

Artist, Joshua Sofaer, collected a month’s worth of rubbish from the Science Museum. He then spent around a month (with the help of volunteers) sorting the rubbish into stuff that could be recycled and stuff that couldn’t. The recycling stuff … Continue reading →

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Getting headless in Marrakech

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Gary

Back in the 13th century, someone thought it would be a bloody good idea to send a bunch of insane Christian monks over to Muslim Marrakech and teach them the proper religion. Seriously…did someone actually think that was going to … Continue reading →

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Italian pictures

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Gary

Today I went to the National Gallery and saw the Veronese exhibition Magnificence in Renaissance Venice. I’d read a bit about it and heard the review on Front Row and, of course, I love Italian Renaissance art so everything was … Continue reading →

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Psychoanalyse this!

Posted on December 25, 2013 by Gary

You don’t see a St Sebastian for ages and then, suddenly, two come along at once. This was painted by Andrea Mantegna in around 1458. It hangs in the Kunsthistorisches Museum. The Kunsthistorisches has rapidly become my favourite museum…EVAH! I … Continue reading →

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Technology and other curses

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Gary

While I was suffering the constant rain of the British autumn, Mirinda was putting up with the beautiful weather in Doha. She did have to attend a few meetings today but had a break when they all went to the … Continue reading →

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