Artists have taken over Kensington Palace You can’t do London without doing the Royal Family. But what if you’re allergic to stuffy Palaces, with all their boring portraits and dusty bedding? Personally I’d rather be locked up in The Tower than spend my holiday dragging around dull royal lodgings. Having stayed around the corner from [...]
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Landesmuseum Mainz: accessible art & history
You’d have to have been snoozing harder than Sleeping Beauty to have missed the spectacle of London 2012 Paralympic Games. But while the competition brought elite athletes from all over the globe together in London, how easy is it for ordinary people with limited mobility or sensory difficulties to get away from home? I spent [...]
Unspoilt beauty of the Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands are an eclectic assortment of 18 volcanic rocks hundreds of miles from anywhere in the middle of the North Atlantic. Many people haven’t heard of them. Others think they’re in Egypt. So what are the Faroe Islands? And why should you go there? We spent a week finding out and over [...]
Living with lava – family life under a volcano
Family life in the shadow of Eyjafjallajökull How do you feel about volcanoes? Would you give your right arm to see one blow, or run as fast as you could in the other direction? Iceland’s Eyjafjalljokull Erupts Visitor Centre at Thorvaldseyri may change your mind about moulten magma. It offers tourists a personal, emotive film show, following one [...]
I believe in the creature from the deep
Sorting out what Icelandic people really believe in is a time consuming business. But, having spent a week in Reykjavik earlier in the year, and four weeks here this summer, I’m starting to sort this out. Having searched for the Lagarfljot worm in the East, looked for hidden people and outlaws in the Highlands, and visited the Sea [...]
Kids Make Merseyside Maritime Museum Headlines
Titanic at Merseyside Maritime Museum As one of the shipping hubs of Britain in the last century or so, and home of the mighty Cunard, Liverpool has many connections with Titanic. As the 100th anniversary nears, scouser memories, memorabilia and moments on the disaster are brought together in the Merseyside Maritime Museum. It is a [...]
You’re in the North East now laddie… at Beamish
You’re in the North East now laddie… Beyond the edge of the Pennines, the C2C drops down into a different world, a world dominated by its’ industrial heritage, as we found out as we rode on towards the C2C finish at the North Sea in Sunderland. After days riding over moorland we find ourselves at [...]
You can go to the moon… making dreams happen
The moon, dreams and making them happen The moon is the muse for a group of six artists exhibiting at FACT Liverpool in a fanciful exhibition, Republic of The Moon. For me, a child of the sixties, the moon is deeply associated with the moon landings and with audacious dreams that can come true. A [...]
I lost my tooth to art: Palaces at The Bluecoat, Liverpool
Palaces by Gina Czarnecki Hannah stands in front of a crystal resin sculpture that twists and spikes towards the white cubed ceiling. In her hand is a neatly wrapped milk tooth in a little silver bag. “Where do you want to put it?” says the sculpture’s creator, Gina Czarnecki. Adding a redundant body part to [...]
Down the Rabbit Hole: Who in the World am I?
Down the Rabbit Hole: Who in the World am I? “Let’s begin at the beginning,” says the White Rabbit at the start of Lewis Carroll’s famous story. So… Once upon a time.. a Liverpool Alice in Wonderland …There was a little girl who lived in a small village where nothing ever happened. Like many little [...]
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