Flicking through some of last year’s photographs, I realised that Lewes Castle and the Barbican House Museum would be a good place to start looking at the history of craft, in particular, that of spinning of…
I have to confess that I have not always been a fan of visiting museums. Looking at static objects was not my idea of fun, and most town/village museums seemed too small with disparate and…
We’ve been doing a whistle-stop tour of castles in South East England over the last couple of months. This is thanks to a guest over from Canada. My interest, of course, fixed on any arts…
The GOM (Grumpy Old Man) has arranged a week’s holiday for us in Mercia, Southern Spain with friends who’d retired there a decade ago. “What else would you like to do?” Mary, our hostess, asks….
The Bayeux Tapestry We’ve just come back from a flying visit to Normandy organised by Number Two Son. A visit to the Bayeux Tapestry was a must! Like the Mona Lisa, the Bayeux Tapestry…
