Category Archives: museums

Unpicking History

Posted on Dec 6, 2022 by TanGental

We went to the British Museum to see their exhibition on Egyptian Hieroglyphs. The most interesting section, for me, was the description of the hunt to decipher this unique and almost lost language. A French Egyptologist and and English polymath … Continue reading →

Posted in miscellany, museums | Tagged british museum, Egyptology, hieroglyphs, museums | 37 Comments

You Built A Henge? #britishmuseum #exhibition

Posted on Apr 5, 2022 by TanGental

Why would you want to build a henge? Michael Flanders, above had an idea but really, can we say for sure what drove our ancestors to take time out from their busy schedules, to down tools, fold away the sheepskin … Continue reading →

Posted in miscellany, museums | Tagged british museum, henge, museum, stonehenge | 18 Comments

I Object

Posted on Oct 6, 2018 by TanGental

One of the joys of being a teenager in the 1970s was the plethora of magazines. No, not those sort of magazines, though I did have ‘friends’ who read a few of the ‘top shelf’ variety. One magazine I did … Continue reading →

Posted in miscellany, museums, review | Tagged Art, Banksy, british museum, dissent, ian Hislop, protest, Suffragettes | 26 Comments

Milling About #massonmill #findinghome

Posted on Jul 20, 2017 by TanGental

I pondered why we anchor to a specific place this weekend while visiting Derbyshire. I’m well established in a corner of South London where I’ve lived for over 30 years. Coming to London itself in 1979 was job-driven and my … Continue reading →

Posted in family, miscellany, museums, thought piece | Tagged Derwent Valley, home, Masson Mill, Richard arkwright | 24 Comments

From Paddington to Page #walking #london

Posted on Nov 21, 2016 by TanGental

So what links Paddington Bear and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin? Me of course. I reposted a couple of days ago about why Paddington is so important to me and anything that brings him to mind is, well, a pleasure. … Continue reading →

Posted in art, London, miscellany, museums, walking | Tagged frederick leighton, hollland park, kyoto gardens, museum of brands, Paddington bear, portobello road, walking | 32 Comments

M is for Museums #atozchallenge

Posted on Apr 15, 2016 by TanGental

Museums abound in London. The widening of affluence in the 18th and 19th centuries, the desire to do the Grand Tour and bring home a little light statuary for mumsie, the need to collect generally, they are within our DNA. … Continue reading →

Posted in A to Z blogging challenge, London, miscellany, museums | Tagged #atozchallenge, A to Z blogging challenge, London, museums | 50 Comments

The Great Charter

Posted on May 21, 2015 by TanGental

… or Magna Carta as we know it. In a few short weeks – 19th June – it will be 800 years old. There will be singing and dancing in Runnymeade, that’s for sure. It was the first formal document … Continue reading →