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St Helena

Posted on 06/10/2015 by carolinemmurray

I say St Helena, you say Napoleon, or possibly vice versa. It’s undoubtedly the case that this tiny and remote island is most famous because of its reluctant and ex-imperial guest between 1815 and his death in 1821. Large numbers … Continue reading →

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Anna Maria Vassa

Posted on 17/07/2015 by carolinemmurray

Last night, I went on one of the wonderful Allan Brigham’s Cambridge ‘Town not Gown’ walks, intended by Allan (a Cambridge Blue Badge Guide) to introduce the inhabitants of Cambridge to some of the less familiar aspects of their city. … Continue reading →

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Object of the Month: July

Posted on 15/07/2015 by carolinemmurray

While hanging around in the Fitzwilliam Museum, hoping to get a ticket for a talk on Ruskin’s Turners (I did, and it was excellent), I decided that this would be the ideal opportunity to launch a new project – Object … Continue reading →

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The Stone Guest

Posted on 11/07/2015 by carolinemmurray

Actually, on this occasion, the Stone Guest was rather more loam and roughcast than stone. To be honest, he looked as though costumed by a despairing wardrobe mistress as Mr Badger in an am-dram production of Toad of Toad Hall. … Continue reading →

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Think Pink!

Posted on 09/07/2015 by carolinemmurray

You will have to excuse me (though indeed you may be very relieved): this piece is much more pictures than words. Visiting the Botanic Garden in bright sunshine but very high wind, I was struck especially by the pink flowers … Continue reading →

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The Small Ads

Posted on 07/07/2015 by carolinemmurray

I am old enough (hideous confession) to remember when the front page of The Times was all advertisements. (The practice ceased in 1966, and the paper has (harrump, of course!) never been the same since…) A few weeks ago, however, … Continue reading →

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Station Road, Cambridge: A Short Meditation

Posted on 03/07/2015 by carolinemmurray

I just went to buy a ticket in advance for trip to London tonight (having queued for 30 minutes last time, which didn’t actually matter in the end because the train I wanted was cancelled). As I wasn’t in a … Continue reading →

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The Geffrye Museum

Posted on 02/07/2015 by carolinemmurray

Having been in London the other day for domestic and familial purposes, I thought I would get a cultural fix from visiting the Geffrye Museum, on Kingsland Road in the Hoxton/Shoreditch area. I understand from my more metrosexual acquaintances that … Continue reading →

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Flowers and Fans and Friends

Posted on 30/06/2015 by carolinemmurray

Just back from a brilliant morning behind some of the mysterious locked doors in the galleries of the Fitzwilliam Museum. I was lucky enough to join a study session for the Friends of the Fitzwilliam on the flower drawings and … Continue reading →

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Names

Posted on 28/06/2015 by carolinemmurray

In my former life (must think of a better opener, but it’s true!), I was intrigued by the numbers of our eighteenth- and nineteenth-century ancestors who changed their names. I wrote a piece about people who had changed their names … Continue reading →

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