A few brief notes about tea, conversations, books and sometimes cats
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood founded in 1848 by seven young artists who banded together against what they felt was an artificial and mannered approach to painting taught at London’s Royal Academy of Arts. Inspired by the theories of John Ruskin, who urged artists to ‘go to nature’, they believed in an art of serious subjects treated […] …
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Today I am starting my second read through of this novel in preparation for a review. In my first read through I noted some really high notes amongst a pretty okay book. I do not do bad reviews and would normally ignore this book so in order to keep to my rules I will highlight …
Fantastic fireworks from Lands End in Cornwall
Cats have featured a lot in my life. They have usually been rescue animals who have been saved. On of the first cats in my life was called Rascle. She was saved from being put down because her owner discovered she was allergic to cats. In the photographs are Cleo and Zach. Zach was abandoned …
A review of an interview given for the new book “The Fauns Bookshelf”
Last night I was writing about museums and the very real possibility that we are entering a new Dark Age. By this I mean an age when a son can not do what his father can do. I wasn’t taught Latin at school by my father was so I am cut off from my classical …
Five centuries of painting in Europe The Museum of Fine Arts is located on the upper level of the Palais Rohan, which also houses the Museum of Decorative Arts and the Museum of Archaeology. Designed like a grand Parisian manor – or “hôtel particulier” – the Palais Rohan was built for Cardinal de Rohan-Roubise, Prince-Bishop […] …
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National Book Lovers Day 2021 National Book Lovers Day 2021 — A Teacher’s Reflections
Hello and welcome to my blog. I am interested in all culture and all mediums. As the Latinists say, in English because its late and I’m not checking, I am human and nothing human is alien to me. My key interests are culture, how that culture is represented and preserved and how it is used. …