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D-Day: Interception, Intelligence, Invasion
Posted on 15 April, 2019 | No CommentsSandra Westbrooke has been to a new exhibition at Bletchley Park that marks the 75th anniversary of D-Day On June 6, 1944, the future of Europe hung in the balance.... -
Mary Quant
Posted on 14 April, 2019 | No CommentsSandra Westbrooke enjoys the V&A’s retrospective about the iconic fashion designer Mary Quant, whose creations shaped the swinging 60s, was born in 1930 in south-east London and grew up with... -
Hauteville House reopens in Guernsey
Posted on 9 April, 2019 | No CommentsHauteville House, the former home of Victor Hugo on Guernsey, opened on 7th April after an estimated €4.5 million euro renovation programme that has seen it closed for 18 months... -
Van Gogh and Britain
Posted on 9 April, 2019 | No CommentsA three-year stay inspired Vincent’s life and works, writes John Westbrooke Not a lot of people know that Vincent Van Gogh lived in England. It’s understandable: artists from Holbein to... -
Elizabethan Treasures: Miniatures by Hilliard and Oliver
Posted on 13 March, 2019 | No CommentsIt’s a small world at the National Portrait Gallery, reports John Westbrooke When you go to look at the works of England’s greatest 16th-century painter at the National Portrait Gallery,... -
Middlethorpe Hall, York – Review
Posted on 20 February, 2019 | No CommentsPeter Morrell and his wife enjoy a short break in this historic hotel situated in one of the UK’s most attractive cities Originally a private house Middlethorpe Hall is now... -
Swinging London: A lifestyle revolution
Posted on 13 February, 2019 | No CommentsSandra Westbrooke enjoys a nostalgic visit to this new exhibition at London’s Fashion and Textile Museum It was in April 1966 that the world woke up to ‘Swinging London’ thanks... -
Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams
Posted on 4 February, 2019 | No CommentsSandra Westbrooke is entranced by the largest exhibition about the House of Dior ever staged in the UK “In the world today, haute couture is one of the last repositories... -
Arras Restaurant York – Review
Posted on 3 February, 2019 | No CommentsWhile on a break in one of the UK’s most beautiful cities Peter Morrell and his wife discover this world class restaurant The talented British husband and wife team Adam... -
Pierre Bonnard: the Colour of Memory
Posted on 27 January, 2019 | No CommentsVivid images of the French artist at Tate Modern impress John Westbrooke The works of the French painter Pierre Bonnard have always been found attractive. There were big artistic retrospectives...