The Bayeux Tapestry has finally arrived in the United Kingdom. After a few years of debate and uncertainty the historic loan has been realised. It was delivered overnight to the British Museum last week amidst high security. This all follows an historic agreement between France, promoted by President Macron, and the British Government. The 70-metre-long…
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Medieval Wall Paintings in Kelmscott, Oxfordshire.
Last week we visited the village of Kelmscott and found the wall paintings in St George’s Chapel. The church, a modest limestone building from the fourteenth century, standing quietly beside the Thames meadows is one of the most atmospheric small churches in the county. Its simplicity is part of its charm: a building that has…
Frank Gehry (1929-2025)
Frank Gehry was one of the great pioneers of architecture in history and certainly of the twenty first century. With his passing this weekend we think of some of the most innovative buildings of the world. His postmodern designs were characterized by their sculptural, often undulating exteriors and innovative use of materials such as titanium…
Maurice de Vlaminck, The Fauve at Chartres
Chartres is a city, some sixty miles west of Paris, that we have visited a number of times and we were there again this summer. It is a busy vibrant place and known the world over for its magnificent gothic cathedral, Notre Dame de Chartres. Like many buildings of the time its predecessor was consumed…
The Palace and Gardens at Versailles
The Palace at Versailles, just west of Paris, must be one of the most sumptuous buildings in the Western World. Although it is now only a shell having been stripped of its furniture and furnishings in the French Revolution in 1789, it is still a most wonderful tourist attraction. It is little wonder that some…
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