It’s midwinter and London is deep in darkness and freezing fog. The streets are muffled up with silence…
Writings: Museums
Museums, Things and Fairy Tales
Through my letter box there comes by serendipity a review copy of Stephanie Victoire’s fairy tales for grown ups, ‘The Other World, It Whispers’.
A Brief History of Fictional Museums
So here’s another reason why museums should exist – because they enable novelists and artists….
Sewing your past
Where do you keep your past, how do you remember it, and would you care if you forgot it?
Temples of delight
We are just back from Turin (city of baroque streets and shops selling hand-made, mens’ pyjamas)
Dolls Houses and Little Worlds
Once upon a time, when I was much stroppier than I am now, I would have looked down my nose…
How to time travel
We are at Sutton Hoo, the Museum’s Researcher and me, on a day to die for – a white sun, a pearl-grey sky…
Museums and other stories
26th December 2013: It’s mid-winter, and London is deep in darkness, wind and rain…
Imaginary Worlds and Historic Houses
Looking back over the last year I realise that we have spent large parts of it advising clients on how to build imaginary worlds.
