Turner & Paige no.16 Mar. 27th 2015
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Fashion Museum, Bath
Took advantage of a work trip to Bath to visit the Fashion Museum. The current exhibition, Georgians: Dress for Polite Society, is fabulous including sumptuous dresses and beautifully embellished gowns and even coats for men. It was interesting to see …
Turner & Paige no.15 Mar. 20th 2015
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Our Favourite Books – Mar. 16th 2015
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson You will probably be familiar with the Desert Island Discs formula – 10 songs, a luxury item and one book. In the extremely unlikely event I ever appeared on the show, …
Turner & Paige no.14 Mar. 13th 2015
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Turner & Paige no.13 Mar. 6th 2015
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My favourite book?
It’s World Book Day. Across the UK, primary school children headed off to school this morning dressed as characters from their favourite books. Some wore lovingly crafted hand-made costumes, the product of hours of activity on the part of inventive …
One from my top ten books
I’ve just finished (again) The Once and Future King by T.H. White – a real favourite. A retelling of the Arthurian legends, heavily (and unashamedly) based on Mallory, a classical tragedy told with feeling but never mawkish. The style is …
My favourite read
The ghost of Thomas Kempe by Penelope Lively Favourite book as a child: I must have read this book over and over as an older child / young teen – I was desperate for my own poltergeist and it is …
Creative Arts Book of the Week 27/02/15
Farnsworth House: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe by Maritz Vandenberg When I saw this book on the Farnsworth House I knew we had to buy it for Architecture as we have very limited print resources about this building. It was …
