Category Archives: Art

Twelve Things I Didn’t Know About Regensburg

Posted on 10/08/2015 by carolinemmurray

We have just spent a long weekend in Regensburg, about which I thought I knew one Big Thing: the Diet of Ratisbon, 1541 (how A-level history still lingers, 50 years on…). But with the aid of some determined mooching about … Continue reading →

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Paper Flowers Revisited

Posted on 02/08/2015 by carolinemmurray

The British Museum has on display one of the copper plates which Sir Joseph Banks commissioned to be engraved for his planned ‘Natural History’ of the Endeavour voyage. I’m grateful to Sarah McDonald (@Artboretum), Heritage Collections Manager at the RHS … Continue reading →

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La Vita Nuova

Posted on 18/03/2015 by carolinemmurray

Today is the first day of the rest of my life. This is a actually a silly statement, for two reasons: (1) every day is the first day of the rest of one’s life; (2) the first day of the … Continue reading →

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