After seeing the inspiring Richard Dadd exhibition, I went along to the William De Morgan exhibition in the next room at the Watts Gallery.
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Richard Dadd Exhibition at the 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.
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Ham House
Alice in Wonderland at RHS Wisley
I went to RHS Wisley to see the new display of Alice in Wonderland sculptures scattered throughout the gardens.
The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge
Even on a very gloomy day, Cambridge is glorious.
Cambridge Central
Ely Cathedral
I went to Cambridgeshire for a long weekend and I spent in the first day and night in the charming city of Ely.
RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show – Press Day – Part Two
I thought ‘The SMART Vision Garden: Having the vision to see beyond mental illness’ had a very clever concept behind it.
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RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show – Press Day – Part One
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.
2015 marks 25 years of the flower show, so (horticulturally speaking) it’s the biggest year yet!
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Wimbledon Tennis 2015
In the late nineteenth century, women played tennis in corsets and their clothes weighed about 10 ½ lb – the equivalent of nearly five bags of sugar.