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The Sincerest For Of Poetry
Apprenticed To My Mother
Walking Into Trouble
Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle
The Last Will Of Sven Andersen
Booms And Busts
Buster & Moo
Salisbury Square
My Father and Other Liars
Life In A Conversation
Life, in a Grain of Sand
Life In A Flash
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Tag Archives: museums
Unpicking History
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
The Wall And Other Weirdies: Part One #Iceland
What did I know about Iceland? It’s pretty cold It is a geology lesson It explodes more frequently than my old French master used to trying to get me to decline avoir They beat us at footie Everyone is known basically … Continue reading
Posted in holidays, humour, Iceland, miscellany, thought
Tagged blue lagoon, church, Iceland, museums, Reykjavík, tectonic plates
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M is for Museums #atozchallenge
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
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