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Dodging Tots, Toddlers, and Teens to find those Dinosaurs
London

Dodging Tots, Toddlers, and Teens to find those Dinosaurs

Exit the shop and I’m back in the corridors of the Natural History Museum surrounded by school children, hundreds and hundreds of them. It was like they’d spawned in the hour I’d been in the exhibit. Squealing and jostling, chattering and giggling, filling the wooden halls and windowed ceilings with their raucous noise.  Continue reading Dodging Tots, Toddlers, and Teens to find those Dinosaurs

Celebrating Wildlife at the Natural History Museum
London

Celebrating Wildlife at the Natural History Museum

The Wildlife Photographer of the Year Exhibition is a collection of the 2016 finalists. If you appreciate the mental and physical pain that photographers like these go through, just to capture the perfect shot of a parrot grabbing the tail of an iguana as it raids the bird’s nest, then it’s well worth a visit. Continue reading Celebrating Wildlife at the Natural History Museum

Wandering through the Victoria and Albert Museum
London

Wandering through the Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum holds many of the UK’s national collections and houses some of the greatest resources for the study of architecture, furniture, fashion, textiles, photography, sculpture, painting, jewellery, glass, ceramics, book arts, Asian art and design, theatre and performance. Continue reading Wandering through the Victoria and Albert Museum

All the tiny things
Paris

All the tiny things

So it was with a skip in my stride that I set off on a cool Saturday morning to Gare Saint-Lazare, just a brief stop at Costa’s for a cafe moccha (Mochaccino) and pain au chocolat (chocolate croissant). Continue reading All the tiny things

Antiquities and Impressionists
Paris

Antiquities and Impressionists

The jewellery is intricate and beautiful, and includes many tiny gold amulets, amethyst and enamel necklaces, and large stone rings. I was fascinated by the brass mirrors and cosmetic containers. Continue reading Antiquities and Impressionists

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