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The Jewish Museum

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What would a Jewish Museum be like? Would it be a museum of one of the three great monotheisms? Or of a race (defined as such by itself, by others or by history ) and was there a difference in … Continue reading

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2018 Clapham Book Festival – a taster

Clapham Book Festival 2018 has some very well-known names appearing this year. The end of January was the date by which the Programme had to be signed off and, yes, we’ve managed it.  Though we haven’t absolutely nailed down everything, … Continue reading

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Political Pots

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Political pots or Pots with Attitude which is the name of a current FREE exhibition at the British Museum. I went to see it last week. Turner prize winner Grayson Perry CBE is probably the most high-profile artist working with pots … Continue reading

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Did the earth move for you?

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It may have done if you visited the Earth Galleries of the Natural History Museum in South Kensington. It had been years since I went to the Earth Galleries, accompanying visiting friends who had young children, so I was unprepared … Continue reading

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Season’s Greetings

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December has always been a month of festivals, ancient and modern. In Europe the Romans alone had nine different ones¹, the most famous of which was, I suppose, Saturnalia (17th to the 23rd of Decembris). In the Hebrew calendar there … Continue reading