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Etruscan Smiles at the Estorick Collection
The Estorick’s collected twentieth century Italian art, a period and region I thought I knew nothing about, but there are a couple of Modiglianis, the piercing turquoise gaze and pursed lips of Doctor Francois Brabander standing out in a room … Continue reading
Posted in art, Days Out, London, review
Tagged Art, Campigli, Cherry Potts, Estorick Collection, Gerard David, Giacomo Balla, Giacomo Manzù, London, Marino Marini, Modigliani, Renato Guttuso, Zoran Music
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Feasting the senses
It’s been a bit of an indulgent weekend, feasting our senses, and there’s more to come. We started with the visual and a trip to the Guildhall Art Gallery in the heart of the city for an exhibition of John … Continue reading
Posted in art, Days Out, food, London, music, review, Singing
Tagged Art, Atkinson Grimshaw, Borough Market, Cherry Potts, Folk Music, Guidhall Art Gallery, London, London Bulgarian Choir, Music, singing, Union Chapel
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Essex extremes
I do like a mix and match day. So we started with a couple of kilometres of walking round Rainham Marshes bird reserve. Not many birds to see, but there’s not much to beat a marsh in the sun; a … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Days Out, Nature, Opera, travel
Tagged Cherry Potts, Costume, Essex, Opera, Purfleet, Rainham Marshes, Royal Opera House
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Folkestone Triennial: Art-on-Sea
A and I are a bit last-minute with exhibitions and regularly miss things because we think we’ll go ‘later’ and then just forget. However, we actually made it to the Folkestone Triennial with two days to spare. We followed the … Continue reading
Posted in art, Days Out, review, travel
Tagged A K Dolven, architecture, Art, Cherry Potts, Folkestone, Hew Locke, Mark Wallinger, Paloma Varga Weisz
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Open Queue
It’s day two of London Open House and we’re off to Crossness Pumping Station. This has been a long-held ambition, but with so much to choose from over the weekend it has taken, ooh, six years? to get here. The … Continue reading
Posted in Days Out, London, review, travel
Tagged architecture, Cherry Potts, Crossness, London, Open House, Victorian Sewage works
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London is Open
Every year in September, buildings of historic, architectural and ecological note open for the public for free. In London Open House is in full swing. Take a look at the overwhelming website – it’s all going on tomorrow as well. … Continue reading
Posted in Days Out, London, review, travel
Tagged architecture, Cherry Potts, Graeae Theatre, Hackney, History, Hoxton Hall, London, Mary Wollstonecraft, Newington Green Unitarian Church, Open House
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Singing for Water
What a great day of singing. My feet are feeling it, but we’ve had a superb day out, doing what we love best, and raised some money for charity in the process. Our sponsorship page will function for another three … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Days Out, music, Singing
Tagged Cherry Potts, Music, Raise the Roof, Sing for Water, singing, Wateraid
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