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The death of Hernán Cortés – 2 December 1547
No CommentsRead more“He came dancing across the water with his galleons and guns, Looking for the new world in that palace in…
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Genesis revisited revisited
No CommentsRead moreFor the army of Genesis fans out there who crave to hear live once again the glorious symphonic songs of…
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Magic portal teapot
Read moreTwo years ago on a visit to Chile we visited the Santiago house of poet Pablo Neruda. Known as the…
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Antony Gormley – Another Place
No CommentsRead moreWe happened to be driving from Cumbria to North Wales yesterday and it occurred to me that it would a…
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Harper Lee publishes To Kill A Mockingbird – 11 July 1960
No CommentsRead more“…Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”…
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Skin deep
Read moreMy paintings have, quite literally, been getting under the skin of two admirers of my work. I was sent photos…
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Edward Lear – bird artist
Read moreToday we visited the Happy Birthday Edward Lear exhibition at the Ashmolean in Oxford. Edward Lear is best known for…
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A visit to Hockney’s East Yorkshire
No CommentsRead moreDid you see the exhibition of David Hockney’s paintings at the Royal Academy earlier this year? Many of the pictures…
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Joseph Nicéphore Niépce and the first photograph
No CommentsRead moreLook at the camera and say ‘cheese’ and ‘thank you’ to Joseph Nicéphore Niépce who died on this day in…
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The extinction of the Great Auk – 3 July 1844
Read moreThe Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis) was once a common and magnificent sight in the sparkling waters of the North Atlantic.…
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