For Novembers Cultured Calm Painting, I have chosen ‘The Line of the Plough’ by Sir Arnesby Brown. I was drawn to this painting because of…
October’s Cultured Calm Painting Pick is this glorious painting by Claude Monet. Autumn Effect at Argenteuil (1873). The setting is Argenteuil, a suburb of Paris,…
I have been enjoying getting back to art galleries over the summer and having the opportunity to stand in front of paintings again. I am…
“We have lost touch with nature, rather foolishly as we are a part of it, not outside it. This will in time be over and…
Women’s handbags are incredibly heavy. You rarely get to pick one up and, when you do, you wonder why anyone carries so much stuff around…
I’m writing this a little earlier than normal as I’m going away this weekend. Yes! Actually going away, with very dear friends too. As I…
London’s cultural life has been restored this week with galleries and museums opening their doors to culture starved culture vultures the length and breadth…
Hands up who else is missing a regular dose of ‘live culture’. I know I am. Along side bookshops, and drinking coffee inside a cafe,…
