Ok it's worth the hype! Visit to V&A east with an extra special look even further behind the scenes
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Ok it's worth the hype! Visit to V&A east with an extra special look even further behind the scenes
So sad to hear this! I was blessed to work with Martin Parr on an exhibition in 2013. Forever in awe of his ability to capture the eccentricities of everyday British life.
Sunday stroll around @maacambridge.bsky.social and @zoologymuseum.bsky.social. Enjoyed an AI chat with a brain coral and this guy's pec tat (object marking).
Great day at IWM North!
And weirded out by some of the misrepresentation and cultural appropriation...
Living my best Disney life.
New gaff, same colour scheme!
Colourful patches were initially added to civilian smocks by Ansars as symbols of poverty and virtue, as demand increased so did the uniformity.
On the 2nd September 1898 this Ansar Jibbah was collected after the Battle of Omdurman, 127 years ago today!
Last museum lift selfie at NAM
Also a mention of our forthcoming exhibition 'Beyond Burma: Forgotten Armies' opening on the 16th of September.
Thank you as ever to the excellent @terridendy.bsky.social for facilitating this behind the scenes look at our work.
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Shakesy-P's birthplace, Tudor restoration and the best Tap Room name. Gorgeous weekend in Stratford upon Avon
YESSSS GIRLS! ⚽
My last Collections Hack @ NAM
Visited the Battle of Britain Memorial flight centre at RAF Coningsby today! The last working Lancaster Bomber in the UK.
❤️ The restored historic motifs showing the bombs dropped over Berlin (in red) and Italy (in🍦)
Myth and Reality now open @nam_london
6 weeks of intensive conservation by @plowden_smith one hefty lift up the stairs with @crozierfinearts and the huge painting of the Capitulation of Kars by Thomas Jones Barker has been hung and looks fabulous.
Quite a bit fun for my last Namstall!
Love that we get to watch the Red Arrows perform from the doorstep
IWM has recently launched our India's War collecting project, aiming to improve our representation of the Indian experience of the Second World War within the museum’s collections. More details here:
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Ok a conveyor belt for digitisation is just a game changer Smithsonian www.instagram.com/p/DLBFti_R80...
Reference book nook of dreams @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social
There's more colours than Army green in NAM collections 🌈
Farm shop and brewery Saturdays ❤️
The granny trolley has resurfaced for trips down to the allotment.
Army issue thigh highs
And I shall name him Def Leopard. Fun day of analysis reveals he's really into heavy metals.
Painting of man in uniform, moustache and eye patch. Gallery label: Sir Adrien Carton de Wiart, 1880-1963 By Sir William Orpen Carton de Wiart was a British army officer. He wore a patch to cover the eye he lost while serving in the Somaliland Camel Corps during the First World War. In 1917, he lost his left hand in the battle of Passchendaele on the Western Front. Awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery, he declared: 'Frankly, I had enjoyed the war!' This portrait, and that of Ganga Singh nearby, were made by William Orpen, who painted studies of the delegates to the Peace Conference in 1919 where the Treaty of Versailles was signed. This marked the formal end of the First World War. Oil on canvas, 1919 Given by wish of Charles Cheers Wakefield, 1st Viscount Wakefield, 1968 NPG 4651
The indestructible Adrien Carton de Wiart VC painted by William Orpen in 1919, seen today at the National Portrait Gallery, London. He threw his glass eye out of a taxi window after he was obliged to wear one for a War Office interview.
A favour to ask - if you've read Memory Bank: A Biography of Blythe House, would you be willing to give us a review? On Goodreads, Amazon, or wherever you buy your books, I'd be *super* grateful!
www.amazon.co.uk/Memory-Bank-...
Finally finished resolving the documentation backlog on the ethno spears at the NAM.
Lots of lessons learnt about how ethno objects are documented in military collections. Main takeaway it's probably not a Zulu assegai...
Paying respects to the pagan gods at #Ickwell May Day
Spending Saturday with a ghost