Britain is reputedly still a nation of animal lovers….(although the title also refers to a BBC children’s programme of the 1970s). The reason for this post is just to comment on some of the great animal sculptures around Edinburgh. Urban sculpture has been on the increase in Edinburgh over the last few years, but most …
Category archives: Art and visual
Foggy ‘cross the Mersey
The season of work trips has started again, and the start of February saw me visiting Liverpool for the first time. One advantage of these weekend trips is that you get the chance to see something of the place where you’re staying. Given my parents’ choice of music while I was growing up, walking round …
Out with the teapot
Had my mum and dad round today for cups of tea and cake, following going out for lunch with them. When there’s company, time to get out the Enormous Teapot. This is not related to the Enormous Turnip, although it could probably have its own children’s story about it. The teapot was a wedding present …
Elephant and Spitfire
I’m sure the title could be the making of a fine pub name, but it’s actually two of the favourite exhibits in Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. We were there around a week ago, spending a day and a night in Glasgow as a pre-birthday treat. Kelvingrove is a favourite among Glasgow folk – …
Geek week
A lot of the programmes that we’ve been watching over the last year or so are not running at the moment. In the past, you might: sigh, relive the best bits with a friend, watch them again on video (if you’d recorded them), maybe go out and buy a book related to the series. (No …