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Rembrandt / the Complete Paintings

My Xmas present for myself was a handsome volume of all of Rembrandt’s paintings published by Taschen. My plan was that I would have an hour to myself to savour these wondrous works. Yet when I  did so it was with a slight feeling of disappointment. The problem with Rembrandt is that he produced [...]

December 27, 2019 // 0 Comments

The American Civil War/ Ken Burns

Having enjoyed Ken Burns’ documentary on The Roosevelts I bought two more of his on The American Civil War and Vietnam. I decided to watch the US Civil War over the festive period and completed the 9 episode (11.5 hour) series last night. It took Burns five years to make and it features over [...]

December 26, 2019 // 0 Comments

Wimpole Street’s song traditions

You think of Wimpole Street more of a medical quarter than Tin Pan Alley but it can lay claim to two famous songs. The first is Yesterday composed by Paul McCartney when he lived in a flat there with Jane Asher whose father was a famous consultant. The tune came to him in a dream which posed a [...]

December 25, 2019 // 0 Comments

Star Wars: the Rise of Skywalker

The latest Sky Wars movie attracted poor reviews and I for one was pleased. There are those critics and viewers who hail the 1975 original film produced by George Lucas as the turning point of Twentieth century cinema. If that is so I would cite three reasons why the effect was negative: (1) After [...]

December 24, 2019 // 0 Comments

Martin Peters

As with everyone in the football world I was most upset by the passing of Martin Peters. Most of us knew that, like Nobby Stiles and Jack Charlton, he suffered from dementia. The boys of ’66 are now in their  late 70s, so sadly we are going to have more mourning over the next few years. [...]

December 23, 2019 // 0 Comments

Rotterdam

We both started and ended our trip at the beautiful Rotterdam Central station. Rotterdam is Holland’s second city and as its denizens like to say “Rotterdam makes it and Amsterdam spends it.” It’s also the fourth largest port in the world. The Dutch Golden Age of Art has to be seen in [...]

December 21, 2019 // 0 Comments

The Mauritshuis

No visit of The Golden Age of Dutch Art would be complete without a trip  to the Mauritshuis in the Hague. The mansion once belonged to the Dutch Governor Of Brazil, Johan Maurits, but most of the collection comes from the hoard of Prince William of Orange. These include a Rubens, two Rembrandt [...]

December 20, 2019 // 0 Comments

Pieter van Hooch of Delft

Pieter van Hooch is not one of the big three of Dutch Art (Vermeer, Rembrandt, Van Gogh) but this exhibition at the Prinsenhof Delft shows he is an artist of innovation, a master of light and painter of everyday life in Delft. Born in Rotterdam, the son of a bricklayer, he came to Delft in 1652 [...]

December 19, 2019 // 0 Comments

Delft

To Delft on a trip organised by Alice to pursue her interest in the Golden Age of Dutch art. We are based in Delft famous for its ceramics, the birthplace of Johannes Vermeer and midway between Rotterdam and The Hague. We decided against air travel. I cannot  take the crowded airports, the [...]

December 18, 2019 // 0 Comments

Crystal Palace 1 Brighton 1

This is the oddest of rivalries, though intense and bitter, as it began with a decision by referee Ron Challis back in the 70s, thereafter called Challis of the Palace, who ordered a penalty retake for Brighton which the Palace keeper saved. The then Brighton manager Alan Mullery is never one to [...]

December 17, 2019 // 0 Comments

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