This being Holy Week in the Christian Calendar, with culmination over the Easter Weekend of Good Friday, Easter Sunday, and Easter Monday, with some days being a public holiday, I hope to bring you shots of the famous Good Friday walk through the Bedfordshire market town of Dunstable. The walk starts from Dunstable Catholic Church, takes around an hour, and finalizes with a service of commitment at Dunstable’s lovely and historic Priory Church that was formally the home of monks. Last year was rainy, but did not deter the many hundreds of Dunstablians that turned out for the event. The Priory and grounds are beautiful, and are superbly natured by the Dunstable Borough Council.
Next month with Patrick’s Photo Feature – my camera roams inside the beautiful Priory Church of Dunstable.
It’s the last chance for Marilyn and me to see The Real Van Gogh Exhibition at The Royal Academy of Arts in Piccadilly London. This is a landmark exhibition of the work of Vincent Van Gogh, and the focus of the exhibition is the artist’s remarkable correspondence.
On display are 35 of the original letters of Van Gogh – very rarely shown because of their fragile state, and around 65 paintings and 30 drawings by the great man.
The exhibition sadly will close on the 18th of April this year.
“A Rose by any Other Name…” It’s Our Rosie’s birthday on Tuesday, and so Birthday Honours are yours to keep Rosie!
Rosie is younger sister to Uncle George, and is a jolly decent and all-round sport too.
Good Luck Rosie, with many more Birthdays to come,
Lots of Love and Kisses from Patrick and Marilyn.
A visit must for Marilyn and me, as the spring weather warms, will be the Victoria and Albert museum in South Kensington.
An exhibition entitled ‘Horace Walpole and Strawberry Hill’ runs from now until the 4th of July. This is the first major exhibition on Horace Walpole… The most important English collector of the 18th century, and brings together many of his most interesting objects. Horace Walpole was the first to recognise the importance of the portrait miniature to the history of British art.
The Victoria and Albert Museum is situated in Exhibition road, and admission is from 5 pounds, and is worth every penny!
We are making sure that ‘Our Jenny’ has a Really Fantastic Birthday on Wednesday. Jenny is the partner to Adrian, and is a gorgeous gal at that! … So the evening at The Hungry Horse eating and bloating house should be a Wow!… Love and kisses from Patrick and Marilyn… Have a really fantastic Birthday Jenny.
Kingdom of Ife… Sculptures from West Africa, is at The British Museum from now until the 6th of June. The Kingdom of Ife (pronounced ee-feh) was a powerful and wealthy city state in West Africa in what is now south-west Nigeria, and flourished in the 12th - 15th century AD. This major exhibition presents exquisite examples of sculptures from life in brass, copper, stone, and terracotta, and one can explore an African heritage of universal importance through these wonderful works of art, which have become iconic symbols of Nigerian and African identity.
The British Museum is located in Great Russell Street, London and www.britishmuseum.org
Ah’ don’t it turn my brown eyes blue!
Well, I want to bring you some shots of Jo’ and Will’s wedding.
Therefore, Marilyn and I hope to be off to sunny Devon and Middle Combe Farm at Uplowman in late May…
Never mind the swimming pool…
I’m looking forward to The Cider Barn!
It’s our dear friend korky Parsons birthday on this coming Saturday, so we shall be out and celebrating at The Norman King – drinking and eating house… (Now under New Management!) Have A Really Wonderful Birthday Korky, with Lots of Love and Kisses from Patrick and Marilyn.
This wonderful artist line drawing of Broadcasting House in London was first published by the Odhams Press back in 1951. It is a fascinating cut-away look at the establishment in those days which was the centre of broadcasting in Britain. It shows the administrative headquarters of The British Broadcasting Corporation that contained some of the early studios. As today, transmitters are distributed throughout the United Kingdom and there are studios in most parts of the country, although television production in the main now comes from the BBC Television Centre at White City in West London which was opened in June 1960.
Modern Moral Matters is a solo exhibition by one of the worlds most respected living artists Richard Hamilton at The Serpentine Gallery. It is the first major exhibition of his talents in London since 1992 from now until the 25th of April 2010. This is a must go date in our diary for Marilyn and I. The Serpentine is situated at… Well, it speaks for itself!
