do you remember that lurid fillum ? a genteel antipodean seaside romance ... "The Piano ?"

wendy ramshaw

at the V and A, the excellence ...

... of every ...

... art ...

... must consist ...

... in the ...

... complete ...

... accomplishment ...

... purpose

... i've photographed them before but there was a fortuitous sunbeam this morning as we waited to cram in to the final weekend of the monumental diaghilev exhibition

a couple of fancy lintels at the VandA

the one on the right just can't quite reach that itchy bit

i'm sure all their models were librarians

every time i see all that lovely renaissance hair, i come away feeling badly in need of an emergency makeover

more stuff from yesterday's reconnaissance at the new VandA ceramics rooms

tyger, tyger ...

up to the fab new ceramics gallery at the VandA ... two, no, three bulls

... and a staggering application of "sang de boeuf"

on a staircase in the V and A

some of the goddesses of multi-tasking lurk ...