Places I've been - master list
For reference - my master list of places I've visited and written about in 2023 - all entries are public.
2nd January: Ightham Moat
25th January: Estorick Collection: Giorgio Morandi
10th February: The V&A: Donatello - Sculpting the Renaissance
19th March: Knole House
24th March: The National Gallery: After Impressionism
29th March: Royal Academy of Arts: Spain and the Hispanic World
31st March: The Wallace Collection: Portraits of Dogs
3rd May: Tate Britain: The Rossettis
10th May: Tate Modern: Hilma af Klint and Piet Mondrian
18th May: The Dulwich Picture Gallery: Berthe Morisot
26th May: The National Gallery: St Francis of Assisi and The Ugly Duchess
4th June: Ghost Signs of Fitzrovia walk
7th June: V&A Ceramics and Furniture
16th June: The Queen's Gallery: Style and Society - Dressing the Georgians
24th June: Chartwell - the home of Sir Winston Churchill
30th June: The National Portrait Gallery: Yevonde - Life and Colour
8th July: Linley Sambourne House - 18 Strafford Terrace, Kensington
9th July: The Leighton House Museum
10th July: Day 1 The Wallace Collection Summer School
11th July: Day 2 The Wallace Collection Summer School
12th July: Day 3 The Wallace Collection Summer School
13th July: Day 4 The Wallace Collection Summer School
14th July: Day 5 The Wallace Collection Summer School
18th July: The National Gallery: St Francis of Assisi revisited
22nd July: The Vyne, Hampshire
22nd July: Montisfort House, Wiltshire
23rd July: Salisbury Cathedral, Mompesson House
23rd July: Longford Castle, Wiltshire
24th July: Rudyard Kipling's house - Bateman's
27th July: Book Illustrations exhibition at Montisfort House Wiltshire
4th August: China's Hidden Century: The British Museum
5th August: Luxury and Power: Persia to Greece - The British Museum
16th August: Art and Artiface: Fakes from the Collection - The Courtauld Gallery
27th August: The Edenbridge and Oxted Agricultural Show
2nd September: Paycocke's House, Colchester
3rd September: Gainsborough's House, Suffolk
4th September: Audley End, Suffolk
5th September: Ickworth House tour and Little Hall, Suffolk
6th September: Crow's Hall and Bedfield House and 'Magic Circles and Protective Signs' lecture
7th September: Sutton Hoo burial mound, Suffolk
24th September: Scotney Castle, Lamberhurst, Kent
29th September: Guided walk along the River Thames
4th October: Trip from London to Whitstable on the PS Waveley
5th October: Lambeth guided walking tour
10th October: The National Gallery: Frans Hals Exhibition
12th October: Guided walk around the West End of London
15th October: Southwark Cathedral Museum of the Moon and Apollo Remastered
30th October: Gabrielle Chanel: Fashion Manifesto, V&A, London
31st October: V&A visit part two: The Diva Exhibition
2nd November: Guided walk around the docks and wharves of London's Larder
9th November: A final guided walk around Spitalfields and beyond
20th November: A London Disney outing: Disney100 exhibition
2nd December: Kew Botanical Gardens, Christmas light show
2nd January: Ightham Moat
25th January: Estorick Collection: Giorgio Morandi
10th February: The V&A: Donatello - Sculpting the Renaissance
19th March: Knole House
24th March: The National Gallery: After Impressionism
29th March: Royal Academy of Arts: Spain and the Hispanic World
31st March: The Wallace Collection: Portraits of Dogs
3rd May: Tate Britain: The Rossettis
10th May: Tate Modern: Hilma af Klint and Piet Mondrian
18th May: The Dulwich Picture Gallery: Berthe Morisot
26th May: The National Gallery: St Francis of Assisi and The Ugly Duchess
4th June: Ghost Signs of Fitzrovia walk
7th June: V&A Ceramics and Furniture
16th June: The Queen's Gallery: Style and Society - Dressing the Georgians
24th June: Chartwell - the home of Sir Winston Churchill
30th June: The National Portrait Gallery: Yevonde - Life and Colour
8th July: Linley Sambourne House - 18 Strafford Terrace, Kensington
9th July: The Leighton House Museum
10th July: Day 1 The Wallace Collection Summer School
11th July: Day 2 The Wallace Collection Summer School
12th July: Day 3 The Wallace Collection Summer School
13th July: Day 4 The Wallace Collection Summer School
14th July: Day 5 The Wallace Collection Summer School
18th July: The National Gallery: St Francis of Assisi revisited
22nd July: The Vyne, Hampshire
22nd July: Montisfort House, Wiltshire
23rd July: Salisbury Cathedral, Mompesson House
23rd July: Longford Castle, Wiltshire
24th July: Rudyard Kipling's house - Bateman's
27th July: Book Illustrations exhibition at Montisfort House Wiltshire
4th August: China's Hidden Century: The British Museum
5th August: Luxury and Power: Persia to Greece - The British Museum
16th August: Art and Artiface: Fakes from the Collection - The Courtauld Gallery
27th August: The Edenbridge and Oxted Agricultural Show
2nd September: Paycocke's House, Colchester
3rd September: Gainsborough's House, Suffolk
4th September: Audley End, Suffolk
5th September: Ickworth House tour and Little Hall, Suffolk
6th September: Crow's Hall and Bedfield House and 'Magic Circles and Protective Signs' lecture
7th September: Sutton Hoo burial mound, Suffolk
24th September: Scotney Castle, Lamberhurst, Kent
29th September: Guided walk along the River Thames
4th October: Trip from London to Whitstable on the PS Waveley
5th October: Lambeth guided walking tour
10th October: The National Gallery: Frans Hals Exhibition
12th October: Guided walk around the West End of London
15th October: Southwark Cathedral Museum of the Moon and Apollo Remastered
30th October: Gabrielle Chanel: Fashion Manifesto, V&A, London
31st October: V&A visit part two: The Diva Exhibition
2nd November: Guided walk around the docks and wharves of London's Larder
9th November: A final guided walk around Spitalfields and beyond
20th November: A London Disney outing: Disney100 exhibition
2nd December: Kew Botanical Gardens, Christmas light show