Category Archives: London

Gallery

To see Ourselves as Others See Us

This gallery contains 2 photos.

The lines from Robert Burns’ poem To a Louse ‘O wad some Pow’r the giftie gie us, To see oursels as ithers see us!’ sprang to mind recently when visiting the British Museum’s FREE display What is Europe, A View From … Continue reading

Gallery

Nevinson at the British Museum…. Last Chance to See

This gallery contains 4 photos.

One of the British artists who feature in the Tate’s Aftermath: Art in the Wake of World War One exhibition (see Aftermath) is CRW Nevinson (1889 – 1946). His Paths of Glory is, alongside Gassed by John Singer Sergeant and … Continue reading

Gallery

Aftermath

This gallery contains 4 photos.

Tate Britain’s other Summer exhibition is Aftermath. Art in the Wake of World War One, which runs until 23rd September 2018.( See All Too Human for the other, now concluded ) The exhibition covers art in the immediate post war period and the … Continue reading

Gallery

It’s just so Clapham…..

This gallery contains 5 photos.

‘It’s just so Clapham round there,’ said Dave from Streatham, my colleague on the Clapham Book Festival stall at Saturday’s Old Town Fair. He’d just been for a wander around.  ‘All children and dogs… didn’t they call part of Clapham … Continue reading

Gallery

Received Truth

This gallery contains 3 photos.

I have been reading Andrew O’Hagan’s The Tower, on the Grenfell fire and its aftermath ( link here ) in the London Review of Books. It’s a remarkable piece of writing, from its description of events happening to some of the … Continue reading