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... of the seven deadly sins, the eighth and most horrid is emotional blackmail ... whilst for this blogger, the only sacred thing is life itself

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

robert sidney's monument in penshurst church


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Labels: penshurst, robert sidney

"my flesh also shall rest in hope" ... psalm 16, verse 9 ... inside the south entrance to penshurst church yard

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Sunday, April 11, 2010

museums like the V&A teach us that in fashion what goes around will eventually come around ...

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... and we are encouraged to believe its ok to accumulate lots of old things even if they lack utility ...

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... but faced with antiquity, my instinct would still be a quick scrub with some vim ...






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... and whilst i'm enthusiastic about the idea that each of these ivories might brush up nicely with a squeeze of pepsodent ...







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... i'll admit that much of what glisters probably is gold and that a vigorous rubbing with some brasso might be inappropriate






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Saturday, April 10, 2010

stuff in the british museum






























































































































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the station will look even nicer when the developers finish the hotel at the front





















































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Labels: saint pancras

paul day's monumental sculpture on the platform at saint pancras fails to comply with the romantic conventions of railway art ...

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... but the intricate frieze which he added around the base of the statue more than makes up that deficiency because it carries so much controversial narrative content




































































http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Day_(sculptor)


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flunkeys snap to attention whenever joe bialik arrives on the threshold

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nature morte

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Thursday, April 8, 2010

stained glass from the outside at etchingham church

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remembered at etchingham

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Tuesday, April 6, 2010

at tintern again

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Labels: tintern abbey

why did no one tell me that george collinson was going to be sixty on the second of april ?

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Monday, April 5, 2010

the sea, the sea

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a cheap view of the racing at plumpton from the station footbridge

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Thursday, April 1, 2010

manor royal, crawley, just before sunrise

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