Diana and Actaeon (1556 – 1559) by Titian Titian’s great painting of Diana and Actaeon…
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Shelley’s Ozymandias is dug up in Cairo
At the weekly on-line poetry event that I host every Thursday, I thought, after…
Life after Mad Men is like falling off a very tall building.
I’ve just watched the final episode of Mad Men that wonderful American drama series about…
Alexander McQueen at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum – much more than amazing frocks.
I went to the Victoria and Albert Museum in London on Friday and it was…
There are a few of my favourite things in Lisbon’s Gulbenkian Museum.
Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon Portugal When I was in Portugal the other week…
It was all a mistake: my three inspiring days and two glorious nights in Venice.
It all started last summer when I booked a two week holiday in Venice but…
Looking for fine art and finding poetry at Le musée Paul Valéry, Sète
Le musée Paul Valéry, Sète One of my greatest pleasures in travelling is visiting…
It’s time for something beautiful and inspiring to come out of Russia again.
Looking at Vladimir Putin’s chilly expression, I felt cold too this morning. I had…
Was I wrong to be moved by these beautiful images of the Prophet Muhammad?
The Prophet Muhammad enthroned, Iran, early 14th century. Freer/Sackler Museum Of Asian Art/Smithsonian Institution.…
Scarborough’s pioneering theatre picks a winning team.
Charlotte Harwood and Christopher Harper in Slipping I was in Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre this…