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Old gold

It’s estimated that 95% of all the gold ever mined is still around. Continue reading Old gold

Posted on December 10, 2019November 27, 2019Categories Art & Artists, Odds & EndsTags autumn, gold, Klimt, leaves, ThompsonLeave a comment on Old gold

The merchandising of Venice

“What news on the Rialto?”
“Why, none. ’Tis flooded…” Continue reading The merchandising of Venice

Posted on November 29, 2019August 20, 2020Categories Art & Artists, NostalgiaTags floods, Rialto, Venice, William CallowLeave a comment on The merchandising of Venice

We’re in the Monet!

Who wouldn’t want a Monet painting hanging on their wall? Continue reading We’re in the Monet!

Posted on February 19, 2019February 19, 2019Categories Art & ArtistsTags Giverny, Monet, Vétheuil, winter1 Comment on We’re in the Monet!

Everyone likes trees

International Day of Forests falls on Thursday 21 March 2019. Its theme this year is Forests and Education. Continue reading Everyone likes trees

Posted on January 18, 2019January 17, 2019Categories Art & Artists, Uncategorized, Writing & WritersTags Bartolommeo, Robert Frost, treesLeave a comment on Everyone likes trees

A corner of a foreign field that is for ever England

The less well-known poets of the First World War include Charles Hamilton Sorley. Continue reading A corner of a foreign field that is for ever England

Posted on November 20, 2018November 13, 2018Categories Art & Artists, Writing & WritersTags Charles Hamilton Sorley, First World War, John S. Raven, poet, rooksLeave a comment on A corner of a foreign field that is for ever England

Edward Thomas’s “October”

During the First World War, the American poet Robert Frost persuaded the young British writer Edward Thomas to take up poetry. Continue reading Edward Thomas’s “October”

Posted on October 12, 2018October 11, 2018Categories Art & Artists, Writing & WritersTags Edward Thomas, Henri Lebasque, OctoberLeave a comment on Edward Thomas’s “October”

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