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Knossos
This autumn we spent two weeks in Crete. Staying not far from Heraklion we knew we had to visit Knossos. We could have visited by walking half a mile along a narrow yet busy road with no pavements or verges … Continue reading
Posted in Dorothy Bruce, People of interest, Places of interest, Uncategorized
Tagged Arthur Evans, Bronze Age, Crete, frescoes, Heraklion, Knossos, Lanyrinth, Minoans, Minotaur
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Noir – author and experts
Recently, husband and I were pleased to receive an invitation to a book launch, not in the tented village of the Edinburgh book festival, but not far from it in Waterstones, the well-known book shop, at the West End of Princes … Continue reading
On the eleventh day of April
What is so special about the eleventh day of April? A hint. It’s not the eleventh of April this year I’m referring to. It’s the eleventh day of April 1868. Ring any bells? Probably not — unless you live in … Continue reading
Posted in Arts in Scotland, Events of interest, Historical nuggets, People of interest, Places of interest, Uncategorized
Tagged Alexanger Reid, Art Nouveau, Christopher Dresser, James McNeill Whistler, Japan, Le Japon Artistique, Meiji restoration, Mitsubishi, Siegfried Bing, Thomas Blake Glover, Vincen Van Gogh
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February 14th
No red hearts or roses for me today either. Instead I’m going with images of a sculpture of two people that I found decorating a wall in a street of Funchal’s old town. Continue reading
Expression in the eyes
Today, the thirteenth of November, Edinburgh celebrates Robert Louis Stevenson Day, thought the birthday commemoration has in fact spawned a week of events from the ninth to the fifteenth – http://www.cityofliterature.com/rlsday-2015/events/ Robert Louis Stevenson, born in Edinburgh on 13th November … Continue reading
Something important happened here
Edinburgh, capital city of Scotland, maybe a small city (the population is just under half a million)) but is one brimming with history. From medieval Old Town to elegant Georgian New Town complete with gardens and neoclassical buildings, it rolls … Continue reading
Yards of haystacks
Haystacks — the old beehive kind, not the modern giant wine bottle cork ones. And as for yards… well yards of painted canvas spread over a significant number of paintings. Makes me wonder, why haystacks? Why did they become such popular … Continue reading
It’s June. It’s raining. So it must be book festival time in the Borders.
Borders Writers’ Forum has again been given a slot at the Borders Book Festival, providing a welcome opportunity for members to read extracts from their work in front of an audience. And that audience expects a similar standard of … Continue reading
Unique in so many ways
Yesterday in Scotland we watched in horror the images on our TVs, computers and phones showing Glasgow School of Art being swallowed by flames. A number of years ago, my husband and I visited the art school, previously only admired … Continue reading
Colours — as important as words
A month ago a man of colour faded from existence at the age of 91 — a bit like his velvet ribbons above. The man was a textile designer, born in Serbia, educated in Czechoslovakia and Israel, intrigued and influenced … Continue reading
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