more stuff from penshurst

robert sidney's monument in penshurst church

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

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

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

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

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

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

stuff in the british museum

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

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

... 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)

flunkeys snap to attention whenever joe bialik arrives on the threshold

nature morte