Fun Days Out (and some not so fun)
Still feeling remarkably painful and non-bendy, especially in the hip region, so perhaps today wasn't the best time to go for the guided tour of the British Library conservation department, but I'd booked it last month for myself and three other people from my old conservation class, so I felt compelled to go. It was interesting, especially since paper conservation seems to be so different from anything we were taught, and the conservation studio is huge and beautifully lit. The tour involved a lot of standing, however, and by the end of the day, a combination of soreness, a horrible bus journey home and the endless, endless moaning about poor job prospects from one member of our party had me in a fairly fragile state. Tomorrow, I'm not moving at all if I can help it.
Meanwhile, here are a few upcoming things that some of my flist might be interested in, even if I can't make it to them myself;
The newly-refurbished V&A Jewelry gallery opened on May 24, and should be well worth a visit, preferably on a Friday evening when the museum is open late, and there are musicians playing in the Norfolk House Music room.
I certainly won't be able to make it to the Regency evening at the V&A on June 13, which is a pity, as I had rather fancied watching the duelling. I probably also won't be mobile on June 28, when the Lambeth Palace Gardens are open again for the North Lambeth Parish Fete.
Two exhibitions I want to see if I can make it are British Orientalist Painters at the Tate Gallery until August and Amazing Rare Things, a collection of natural history paintings at the Buckingham Palace Gallery until late September 28.
I should be able to make it to the Thames Festival in early September, but I have contrived another day out on the South Bank, involving a visit to the crocheted coral reef, then lunch at the Turkish restaurant behind the Globe, a stroll down the riverside to the wonderfully steampunkish Telectroscope outside County Hall.
Meanwhile, here are a few upcoming things that some of my flist might be interested in, even if I can't make it to them myself;
The newly-refurbished V&A Jewelry gallery opened on May 24, and should be well worth a visit, preferably on a Friday evening when the museum is open late, and there are musicians playing in the Norfolk House Music room.
I certainly won't be able to make it to the Regency evening at the V&A on June 13, which is a pity, as I had rather fancied watching the duelling. I probably also won't be mobile on June 28, when the Lambeth Palace Gardens are open again for the North Lambeth Parish Fete.
Two exhibitions I want to see if I can make it are British Orientalist Painters at the Tate Gallery until August and Amazing Rare Things, a collection of natural history paintings at the Buckingham Palace Gallery until late September 28.
I should be able to make it to the Thames Festival in early September, but I have contrived another day out on the South Bank, involving a visit to the crocheted coral reef, then lunch at the Turkish restaurant behind the Globe, a stroll down the riverside to the wonderfully steampunkish Telectroscope outside County Hall.