Category: Art

Dear Diary

I know that you are not interested in my diary but last week was rather testing. On Monday I was bobbing around on a trimaran on the Solent. On Tuesday I consulted my (Investec) broker over a leisurely spot of lunch outdoors in Chelsea. On Wednesday an old colleague took me to lunch in the… Continue reading Dear Diary

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Leonard Rosoman

I’m the man on the Clapham omnibus – I don’t know much about art but I know what I like – and I have the cheek to share with you the, usually under-rated, artists that I admire.

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Something not on Wiki

People (not me) rely on sat-nav to get from A to Anywhere. I rely on Wiki to get background facts and so on. Today’s subject falls through the Wiki sieve and does not have an entry.

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Dou at Dulwich

  The Dulwich Picture Gallery doesn’t get the visitors it deserves because it’s not on the tube. It is a ten minute hop on the overground from Victoria to Dulwich West and then a ten minute walk through the leafy purlieus of Dulwich.

A Round on the Links

FTWeekend is a must-read for me. It is delivered in hard copy to my door and if I’m away I can usually find a copy. The overseas editions have most of the same content as the UK edition. One regular item that you will miss if you are an overseas reader is A Round on… Continue reading A Round on the Links

First Prize

William Morris is all around me; drying-up cloths, his Willow Bough pattern on a sofa, the William Morris Academy round the corner, a pub in Hammersmith and …

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Portraits

Painters’ Paintings is at the National Gallery until 4th September. I went this week. 

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Local News

Are you a regular? The sort that when you go to the bar the bartender says “the usual”? There isn’t really a usual post here anymore than Rachid, the cocktail barman at my club, can anticipate my order. However, there are a few bits and pieces to update you on.

Seven Halts on the Somme

It is easy to feel overburdened by history visiting Westminster Abbey.  It was founded in 940, the Lady Chapel was built in the early 16th century by Henry VII and is where he is buried but it is not a fossilised place of worship; it constantly evolves.