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.. is the exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum which I visited earlier this week. It’s a popular exhibition and, to avoid disappointment, I strongly advise anyone who plans to attend to get a timed entrance ticket. It is … Continue reading
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‘Haymaking is general about Clapham…wheat looks well and turns colour’ recorded Gilbert White, the naturalist, as he passed through Clapham in 1788. Already the wild and marshy rural area which is now Clapham Common had been drained and, to an … Continue reading
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Tucked just behind Dulwich College and opposite Dulwich Park, Dulwich Picture Gallery is well worth a visit, for its exhibitions or just to view its standing collection. It is Britain’s first purpose-built art gallery. Originally part of Dulwich College it … Continue reading
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…or The Prospect of Whitby, a Grade 2 listed public house on Wapping Wall ( turn east out of Wapping Overground, or DLR to Shadwell and an easy walk south ). If you haven’t been here, it’s worth a visit. It … Continue reading
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Every village has its fete. In my book, ‘The Village’, the story for July is entitled ‘The Summer Fete’ and my fictional version, while perhaps more steeped in dastardly doings than most, is also in many ways typical. For tradition demands that village fetes follow … Continue reading
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