Category Archives: Culture

Richard Dadd Exhibition at the Watts Gallery

Richard Dadd Watts Gallery

‘He was considered a violent and dangerous patient (…) After he killed his father, his rooms were searched and a portfolio was found containing likenesses of many of his friends all with their throats cut.’

So artist Richard Dadd’s condition was described in his Casenotes from Bethlem, a psychiatric hospital, in 1854.

Richard Dadd Watts Gallery

Continue reading Richard Dadd Exhibition at the Watts Gallery

RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show – Press Day – Part One

Hampton court flower show

I feel a real frisson of excitement around flowers, so I went to the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show Press Day, the very first day of the show.

RHS Hampton Court 2015

2015 marks 25 years of the flower show, so (horticulturally speaking) it’s the  biggest year yet!

RHS Hampton court flower show 2015

Continue reading RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show – Press Day – Part One