St Ives became a centre for the arts in the 1920s and 30s when influential painters and sculptors moved in. Barbara Hepworth, one of the leading abstract sculptors of the 20th… Read more Cornish Chronicles: sculpture gardens →
In 2012 and 2013, our autumn holidays were dictated by the touring schedule of Mr Leonard Cohen (Berlin and Dublin respectively). As he had the audacity to miss a year… Read more Cornish Chronicles: St Ives →
Last weekend saw Glasgow’s Doors Open Day and we headed for Govan which is on the south bank of the Clyde. It was a lovely sunny day, so the views back across to the… Read more Doors Open in Govan →
Hunterian Art Gallery Sculpture Court, University of Glasgow.
Could I have any more to say about Virginia? Well, a teeny bit actually. I finished writing up my holiday diaries last week, and I managed to include quite a… Read more Virginian memories →
Scotland’s butterfly didn’t quite fly high enough yesterday. 55% voted No to the question “Should Scotland be an independent country?” I voted Yes – if anyone is remotely interested in the reasons… Read more Scotland’s butterfly →
If people outside Glasgow know anything about the Gorbals, they probably associate it with slums and street gangs, thanks to the book No mean city (1935) by H. Kingsley Long… Read more A walk in the Gorbals →
In May, I posted about the Great Tapestry of Scotland. Now, another fabulous tapestry is visiting the same venue – Anchor Mills in Paisley. The Scottish Diaspora Tapestry is on… Read more Scottish Diaspora Tapestry →
We first visited Washington in 1995 when we spent two weekends there, either side of a conference John attended in Baltimore. We’d intended to go somewhere else the second weekend,… Read more Washington DC →
In 2008, we started our Virginian travels in Alexandria and in 2014 we ended them there, so I knew I’d been twice. However, when looking for old pictures of Arlington… Read more Alexandria and Arlington →
Another lovely weekend in Central Scotland meant I could cross off two more items on my summer “must visit” list. The Kelpies are the latest large-scale public art installations by sculptor… Read more A weekend with kelpies and old books →
When we arrived in Winchester, we felt as though we’d started a holiday from our holiday – it was definitely a different phase. After nearly three weeks in park lodges… Read more Winchester, Virginia →
The Glasgow Gallivanter 