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The Foundling Hospital

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The Museum of the Foundling Hospital, London is a little known gem. If you’re in London, do go and seek it out, it is very definitely worth a visit. Established by Captain Thomas Coram in 1739, with a lot of … Continue reading

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Welcome to Saxnot

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On Thursday evening I entered Scott King’s world of Saxnot at Studio Voltaire, Clapham. What is Welcome to Saxnot? Physically, it is an installation consisting of a series of free–standing infographic works, written material, including a Welcome to Saxnot brochure, … Continue reading

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Dippy departed

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Several generations of schoolchildren have been introduced to natural history by Dippy the Dinosaur at the Natural History Museum, South Kensington. This diplodocus skeleton cast arrived at the museum in 1905, but was erected in the Hintze Hall near the … Continue reading

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Walking the walls….

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…of a town or city can be such a good way to understand the history of a place. As a child I found it most instructive in Rome to trace and walk alongside not one set of Roman walls but two … Continue reading

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Arcos de la Frontera

Perhaps one of the most famous of the pueblos blancos or ‘white villages’ of Andalucia, Arcos sits atop its escarpment above the Rio Guadelete about 20 kilometers east of Jerez de la Frontera. Well worth a visit, we paid one … Continue reading