Beach-Combing Magpie

Far from the beach, but still surrounded by treasure of all kinds just ready to be found, looked at, gloated over, gleaned and swiped or simply created! Here are my latest finds....

Sunday, November 19, 2023

Autumnal Gold...

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This beautiful Burne-Jones work represents the legend of the Garden of the Hesperides , and the beauty of this piece, with its rich gold r...
Monday, November 6, 2023

Submerged Forests... The Rain it Raineth Everyday.

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Emerging from the sandy beds that have enshrouded them in the Mount's Bay for thousands of years are the remnants of pre-historic tree...
Thursday, October 26, 2023

Cast Courts at the V&A...

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Over the summer I discovered the Cast Courts at the V & A and whilst I must have visited these lofty exhibit rooms in the past, I had ...
Sunday, October 22, 2023

Genteel Pleasure; Observing the Tea-drinking Conversation Piece...

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On this year’s trips to the V & A and the Tate London , amongst the vast collections of paintings I was drawn to the conversation piec...
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Friday, October 13, 2023

Elegant Arms and Engageantes...

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In the Georgian exhibition in the Queen's Gallery at Buckingham Palace, I loved looking at the sumptious silks, satins and taffetas on...
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