Tag: europe

On the myth that visiting the Rijksmuseum is the primary way of knowing the culture of Holland and the Dutch spirit.

May 26, 2025

On the myth that visiting the Rijksmuseum is the primary way of knowing the culture of Holland and the Dutch spirit. In my introductory blog on our Amsterdam trip [at this link], I suggested there would be three more Amsterdam blogs to come.  There, in the first version (now updated to reflect the chosen final … More On the myth that visiting the Rijksmuseum is the primary way of knowing the culture of Holland and the Dutch spirit.

Let’s be Dante!

March 29, 2025

I could be Dante because, as yet, I have read only extracts of what is considered by some the greatest poem of the modern world. Moreover, I have been preparing to read it for so long that the task of cataloguing these volumes is raising my cultural guilt to new and higher levels than ever. … More Let’s be Dante!

Reissue: ‘Castle Hill: A site from my childhood and its development as an idea about the nature of heritage’.

December 16, 2024

Castle Hill: A site from my childhood and its development as an idea about the nature of heritage. First submitted in another place: Sunday, 1 Apr 2018, 20:50 Castle Hill: A site from my childhood and its development as an idea about the nature of heritage. Submitted on April 1, 2018 Prompt Think about something … More Reissue: ‘Castle Hill: A site from my childhood and its development as an idea about the nature of heritage’.

Reissue: A set Of Tall Building blogs from an old course.

December 13, 2024

A. Le Corbusier’s Tall Building Unité d’Habitation, Marseilles (1945-52) A844 Open Studio Set Exercise First issued in another place Friday, 12 Oct 2018, 10:00 Le Corbusier’s Tall Building Unité d’Habitation, Marseilles (1945-52) A844 Open Studio Set Exercise Photograph below: Roof level pool and children’s play areas at Unité d’Habitation, Marseilles (1945-52) from Jenkins, D. (1999) … More Reissue: A set Of Tall Building blogs from an old course.

‘Space’ explored in light at Durham Cathedral, 7 p.m. on 9th October 2024.

October 10, 2024

‘Space’ explored in light at Durham Cathedral, 7 p.m. on 9th October 2024. This week we are attending events at Durham’s Book Festival but our programme starts tonight with us going to see a revisit to Durham Cathedral of the moving light art exhibition group, Lux Muralis (use the link to read the group’s self-introduction). Their subject this year is Space of the Outer … More ‘Space’ explored in light at Durham Cathedral, 7 p.m. on 9th October 2024.