Looking at some early 20th century paintings I struggle to recover the working words of the countryside, the seasonal vocabulary of crops – well-known then. What are those pretty piles that dot fields so decorously […]
Culture Articles
Two young ladies meet after 350 years to finally hear the music
One of the most loved paintings in Dulwich Picture Gallery is Gerrit Dou’s A woman playing a clavichord, but it has a sister painting, Young Lady playing the Virginal. This famous work of art is […]
The Herne Hill Music Festival returns this Autumn
The Festival this October opens in spectacular style with two contrasting events on Friday 7th - Mozart’s Don Giovanni performed by Dulwich Opera Company in the new hall at Herne Hill School, and the Camilla […]
On Seeing`The Edge of the Abruzzi’ To Winifred Knights
Dreamed last night I was on this lake About to drown in the simplicity, The exactness of it, The eerie calm, The water did not move Neither mountain. Nor hill. It was the edge of […]
Coffee, Tea and Harmony…..A New Crystal Palace Choir!
If you like cake, coffee and singing, then you might like to find out more about Crystal Palace’s latest singing group - B&G Cafe Choir! It launched at Brown & Green Cafe in June this year […]
The Santissima Trinita
Mill-hands Conversing, 1919
Outside the mill the women gather to agitate for equal pay. A red jacket indicates their leader, who could be a Labour activist today. This was a year of nationwide strikes, that spread like influenza. […]
Animating Lordship Lane
Take the 5th Exit - Just Williams I work as a freelance children’s book illustrator and am thrilled to be one of the artists chosen to take part in the Animating Lordship Lane art trail. I live […]
