Memento Mori

If you have a big ego and a bigger bank balance it’s not a bad idea to build somewhere to display your tasteful collection of art, sculpture, furniture and bric-a-brac but the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is the first “dedicated exclusively to visual storytelling and narrative art, placing popular culture (such as comics and… Continue reading Memento Mori

Intrepid

I can recommend the de Gaulle film, or at least the first part. The second part, Liberté, will be showing in the UK in a few days.  It’s a bit long and has a superfluous sub-plot but that’s necessary to give the story some structure and love interest. It also creates a false narrative about… Continue reading Intrepid

Psychobabble

I thought that might get your attention. I was at my new favourite, small London museum yesterday – Freud’s house in Hampstead.

MAD in Paris

What would you get if you crossed the  V & A with the Design Museum? It would be MAD; the Musée des Arts Décoratifs.