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Died and gone to heaven… – Art and art doings from Jo Dalgety
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Art and art doings from Jo Dalgety. Died and gone to heaven…. This week Catherine has been walking from the source of the Thames River at Kemble towards the Thames Barrier, camping along the way. So this weekend I went off to meet her in Oxford. We booked rooms in Lincoln College. In the University of Oxford (it’s summer holidays for their students) so we would have a real taste. What a treat! Lincoln College was founded by the Bishop of Lincoln in 1427. Henry Moore outside the Ashmolean. But yesterday w...
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Bad King John and his good legacy. – Art and art doings from Jo Dalgety
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Art and art doings from Jo Dalgety. Bad King John and his good legacy. We trained to the next stop and walked towards Runnymede, some alongside the River Thames. Off to see a paddock today, but an historical one. The neighbourhood has been all excited about this paddock because it was witness to King John’s historic sealing of the Magna Carta 800 years ago on 15 June 1215. An artwork by Hew Locke for Runnymede, Surrey, UK to mark the 800th anniversary of the sealing of Magna Carta. The Kennedy Memorial i...
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Agnes Martin or Sonia Delaunay ? What a choice. – Art and art doings from Jo Dalgety
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Art and art doings from Jo Dalgety. Agnes Martin or Sonia Delaunay? Summer baskets in Twickenham in Church Street. Summer baskets in Twickenham in Church Street. One pound. The ferry man at Twickenham to get us to the other side of the Thames. Mmmmnn. Having fun on the river, someone’s celebration on a Friday afternoon. Somebody’s house on the River Thames – this is actually Kew Palace! Queen Elizabeth I gave it to Robert Dudley, her childhood friend and court favourite. Sonia Delaunay Yellow Nude 1908.
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Yesterday’s Somebody’s House – Art and art doings from Jo Dalgety
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Art and art doings from Jo Dalgety. Yesterday’s Somebody’s House. Yesterday’s ‘somebody’s house’ on the River Thames – this is actually Kew Palace, a British royal palace in Kew Gardens! Queen Elizabeth I gave it to Robert Dudley, her childhood friend and court favourite. Heading into London town via Shepherd’s Bush tube station. View from The Tate Modern looking back across the river to St Paul’s. August 5, 2015. Great Fire of London. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Art and My Life.
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The River Thames Walk – Art and art doings from Jo Dalgety
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Art and art doings from Jo Dalgety. The River Thames Walk. The Thames Path follows the Thames River for 184 miles from its source in the Cotswold hills to the sea. Passing through water meadows, rural villages, historical towns and cities and finally through the heart of London to end at the Thames Barrier in Greenwich. Catherine has walked this path from the source at Kemble and finally to Eton last night and a short train ride back to the house – beats camping and muesli for dinner! July 31, 2015.
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Swinish snouts and holy pearls… – Art and art doings from Jo Dalgety
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Art and art doings from Jo Dalgety. Swinish snouts and holy pearls…. Richard Fleming founded the College in order to combat the Lollard teachings of John Wyclif. He intended it to be. 8220;a little college of true students of theology who would defend the mysteries of Scripture against those ignorant laymen who profaned with swinish snouts its most holy pearls”. The Hall where we ate breakfast. Hollyhocks in the Chapel Quad. The Chapel Quad. Perfect lawns. Corinthian columns in the Chapel entrance. The w...
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And that sweet City with her dreaming spires… – Art and art doings from Jo Dalgety
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Art and art doings from Jo Dalgety. And that sweet City with her dreaming spires…. Oxford is known as the “city of dreaming spires”. To get an idea of Oxford in our short time, we did a guided walking tour. Our handsome young law student entertained us for two hours with loud stories of Oxford, the colleges and the rivalry with Cambridge. What else did we see apart from umbrellas and people? Antony Gormley sculpture in central Oxford – one of a series called Another Time. One of the gardens at Rhodes Hou...