Tallinn Museums

This is The Great Coastal Gate into the walled, medieval centre of Tallinn. Worth noting that at 10.00 am on a sunny, summer morning in July the city is not busy. First mentioned in 1359, this was the most important of the six gates (of which only two remain), being the main route from the… Continue reading Tallinn Museums

Evie Hone Stained Glass

Although there are examples of Evie Hone’s pictures in galleries including the National Gallery of Ireland, the Hugh Lane Gallery, and the Tate Gallery, she and Mainie Jellett are not widely known as artists outside Ireland.

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Evie Hone Pictures

Evie Hone’s abstract paintings owe much to her mentor, Albert Gleizes, and I was disappointed not to see this demonstrated in the Jellett/Hone exhibition at the National Gallery of Ireland.

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Evie Hone’s Life

Evie Hone is related to me through my Jameson grandmother. She lived at Barmeath in WW II and I saw her greatest work a lot at school. Before looking at this exhibition, on at The National Gallery of Ireland – she was appointed to the Board in 1943 – until August, it is worth reading… Continue reading Evie Hone’s Life

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Big Cats

Museum shops are splendid places to go shopping, particularly for sculptures.

Fund Management

Today there is a greater degree of transparency in financial markets than there has ever been in the history of the world. There is certainly enough free, quickly accessible data for me to manage my own investments.

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Muscat and Oman

  Ian Skeet was in Muscat and Oman from 1966 to 1968 and wrote the first draft of this book a few months after he left. He explains about his book. “Because of the peculiar attitude of Said bin Taimur to visitors, progress, change, publicity and the many other concepts to which most of the… Continue reading Muscat and Oman