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Saved for the Nation

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Gary

After a week confined to the house on puppy watching duty, it was with a great sense of freedom I left for work this morning. I wished Mirinda luck and strode off to the station without a care in the … Continue reading →

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Gothic strawberry

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Gary

Mirinda’s Reading Group recently read The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole (the son of Britain’s first Prime Minister) and it was suggested that the group, along with other halves, visit his house at Strawberry Hill. Today was the day … Continue reading →

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Beauty defined

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Gary

I haven’t been to an exhibition for ages so, when Mirinda said she’d be working from home today, I immediately booked myself into the British Museum to see Defining Beauty. The exhibition takes a lot of Greek statues and puts … Continue reading →

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Originally a mad doctor

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Gary

Horace Walpole’s opinion of Anthony Addington was not what you’d call, high. This opinion was somewhat influenced by the fact that William Pitt (the elder) was very ill and it appeared that Addington couldn’t cure him. The general consensus was … Continue reading →

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Miss Campbell’s nimble fingers

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Gary

I was working on the diorama again this week (see last week for details). I had a few biographical details to research and complete. One of the last records I looked at was Miss Barbara Mary Campbell. Miss Campbell was … 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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Boredom is good for the character

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Gary

Well, I have to say that the Shipping Gallery project I’m now involved in is starting to get decidedly dull. For various reasons I am not allowed to enter information from the record sheets because it’s doing someone out of … Continue reading →

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Voluntarily redundant

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Gary

Everyone was on holiday in documentation this week. Everyone except Barbara, that is. And me. So it was just the two of us. Actually, it was just me until she arrived for work. This isn’t the first time it’s just … Continue reading →

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Gout for a laugh

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Gary

Today was the deathday of Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (or Battoni, depending on where you research it), a Tuscan painter born in 1708. He painted a lot of tourist pictures during the Grand Tour days. The ones with the person sitting … Continue reading →

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