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 …
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The importance of Cultural Heritage
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 …
Visit a museum in Strasbourg: Museum of Fine Arts — Strafari
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 — A Teacher’s Reflections
National Book Lovers Day 2021 National Book Lovers Day 2021 — A Teacher’s Reflections
Övar, ritplatta / Practising the drawing board — Yolanda – “Det här är mitt privata krig”
Jack Russell
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. …
Time for a holiday (or something like that). — writingandbreathing
It’s that time of year again: the university and school year has ended, Parliament has risen, and offices are half empty. Paris, we are told, is like a ghost town, as just about everything closes for the month whilst Monsieur and Madame bundle their enfants and chien into the voiture and head off to somewhere […] …
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Trying out Mana Spa – Coventry — Writing into the Ether
I had such a decadent day, friends. It has been one of the most soothing and reinvigorating afternoons ever. There’s nothing quite like taking an afternoon off and trying something new… Especially if that something new happens to be a spa. My friend and I decided to sync up our diaries and treat ourselves to… Trying …
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Belgrade Theatre to reopen its doors on 17 May —
The Belgrade Theatre, Coventry – the UK City of Culture for 2021 – today announces that its doors will fully reopen to the public on 17 May – the first day that the government’s roadmap allows – with socially distanced audiences able to enjoy Joe Pasquale and Sarah Earnshaw in John Godber’s April in Paris, […] …
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New Visitor Information Centre Opens — Coventry Society News
Further to our report in February the new visitor information centre at Coventry Railway station is now open and ready to welcome visitors to the City of Culture. A striking new visitor information centre has been opened outside Coventry Railway Station to help The futuristic pod on Station Square will provide help with information about […] …
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