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By Art and Architecture, mainly on Jul 23, 2024 in: Britain, family, literature
Stourton's book was published in 2017I knew Kenneth Clark (1903-83) from watching his Civilisation series on tv in 1969 and from his involvement with one of my favourite art historians Bernard Berenson. And more recently I read Kenne...
By Art and Architecture, mainly on Jul 19, 2024 in: Britain, Christian, history, literature, women
The evidence. A witch kissed the arse of the DevilWitch-hunting plagued Europe, as soon as the idea that witches worshipped the devil took hold. Read an excellent book, Scottish Witches and Witch-Hunters by Julian Goodare ed, 2013. In Scotland,...
By Art and Architecture, mainly on Jun 4, 2024 in: Australia, family, Israel, literature
Street Libraries are homes for books, planted in families’ front yard. They are accessible from the street, and are an invitation to share the joys of reading with neighbours. Street Libraries’ books come and go without checking them in or out. P...
By Art and Architecture, mainly on May 10, 2024 in: Britain, literature, medicine, music, science
Oliver Wolf Sacks (1933-2015) was born in London, youngest of four sons of two Lithuanian Jewish doctors. Oliver spent most of his childhood in London, though his GP father and surgeon mother sent him to a rural boarding school for 4 years in WW2 t...
By Boing Boing on Apr 29, 2024 in: literature, science fiction
J.G. Ballard, whose relevance never waned during his writing career, is perhaps more relevant since his passing in 2009. His latest book, Selected Nonfiction, 1962-2007 (The MIT Press, 2023), more than illustrates the claim. The chapter "Lists, Capti...
By Art and Architecture, mainly on Apr 26, 2024 in: Britain, history, literature
The term Grand Tour first appeared in the Voyage or a Compleat Journey through Italy 1670, by Frenchman Richard Lassels. Published in London, the book became a guide for scholars, artists and art collectors who were planning...
By Art and Architecture, mainly on Apr 5, 2024 in: Britain, literature, paintings
Knight, The Fishing Fleet, 1900 Boston Museum & Art Gallery.Knight, The Boys Newlyn Cornwall, 1909, Johannesburg Art Gallery.Barbara Morden’s book dealt with the British artist born to the impoverished Johnson family.