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More Palazzi

Posted on 08/10/2022 by carolinemmurray

I have remarked in the past that for a person of my advanced age and  personal taste, the chief reason for being in Venice during the Biennale d’Arte (and this applies even more to the Biennale d’Architettura) is the opportunity … Continue reading →

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Plant of the Month: July 2022

Posted on 16/07/2022 by carolinemmurray

Three or four years ago, I bought a Phygelius capensis (Cape fuchsia or Cape figwort) at Cambridge market. It performed extremely well, and when I revolutionised the garden layout in January 2021, it was one of the plants which (to … Continue reading →

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Reasons To Be Cheerful

Posted on 12/05/2022 by carolinemmurray

I posted this blog ten minutes ago, at which point everything except the title disappeared (possibly not unconnected with the content). So I’m having another go … Among the (very first-world) disadvantages of Covid are: having to cancel a trip … Continue reading →

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St Clement(s)

Posted on 30/04/2022 by carolinemmurray

Out and about in the wilderness populated by dragons that is north Cambridge a few days ago, I visited (as well as Kettle’s Yard – Ai Weiwei, do go!) St Peter’s church, and, on my way back down, St Clement’s. … Continue reading →

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Brother of the More Famous Jan

Posted on 24/02/2022 by carolinemmurray

One of the treasures of the Fairhaven Bequest at the Fitzwilliam Museum is the series of twelve flower paintings, one for each month of the year, by van Huysum. Until a few days ago, I had assumed that the artist … Continue reading →

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Not So Much a Blog Post …

Posted on 04/11/2021 by carolinemmurray

More a sales pitch, to be honest. Long-time readers may remember that I usually have a stall at Mill Road Winter Fair in Cambridge in aid of the wonderful charity EdUKaid. This year, for the second year running, it has … Continue reading →

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An Instance of Polyonymy

Posted on 28/07/2021 by carolinemmurray

Jan Gossart, Jan Gossaert van Mabuse, Jan Gossaert van Mauberge, Jan Gossart van Mabuse, Jan Gossart van Mauberge, Joannes Malbodius, Jan Mabuse – and indeed Jennyn van Hennegouwe – are all names of the same painter (born c. 1478, died … Continue reading →

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Plant of the Month: July 2021

Posted on 05/07/2021 by carolinemmurray

It’s ages (November 2020, to be precise) since I did one of these, and I’m not sure whether to blame lockdown apathy or too much to do in the garden, but I got my mojo back (never quite sure what … Continue reading →

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Almost a Year …

Posted on 13/01/2019 by carolinemmurray

In 2017, I photographed one conifer @CUBotanicGarden once a month. I have to admit that the result was not completely gripping, so I thought that for 2018 I would track the development of the laid hedge there. I failed at … Continue reading →

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Commuting in Cycle City

Posted on 20/11/2018 by carolinemmurray

Those of my readers old enough to remember the craze for Citizens’ Band Radio in the 1980s will probably know that the ‘call-sign’ (if that’s the right word) for Cambridge was ‘Cycle City’. If you google ‘cycle city’ these days, … Continue reading →

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