I went past the Weiss Gallery in Piccadilly & they were having a retrospective on a Jacobean and Carolign artist. It's on until 15 July, check out their websitehttp://weissgallery.comRead more... )

 The British Museum has an interesting exhibition, Treasures of Heaven, about Christian relics.

There's also an interesting article by Karen Armstrong about the exhibition, and about relics in the Guardian.

The exhibition is designed to be one of a series that look at various cultures modern Brits don't really understand. They have (or will) include ( Read more... )

 
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 …from the open windows you can hear Big Ben chime the hour. How cool is that?!

I report from a Starbucks in Bloomsbury, London. (I am justly punished, the coffee is undrinkable,) About to begin my onslaught on the British Museum. It's all of 10 minutes walk from the apartment - if you walk quite slowly and wait for the traffic lights before crossing the road, which is desirable.

The Endsleigh Apartments are two blocks from ( Read more... )

No pictures, I'm afraid, but several links instead. A quiet day in London.

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