Rossetti's Wombat: A Pre-Raphaelite Obsession in Victorian England
A lecture by Harold White Fellow, Angus Trumble, at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 16 April, 2003
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A lecture by Harold White Fellow, Angus Trumble, at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 16 April, 2003
What are your fond memories of the Singapore River? Perhaps it's hanging out after dark with the bros at Clarke Quay? Maybe you had your first date with bae at Robertson Quay? The history of our nation is closely tied to the Singapore River - it was at the river's mouth where Stamford Raffles first stepped onto our island, and...
IF you are fortunate enough to have tickets to this weekend’s Bowes Museum Christmas Fair, keep an eye open for the two grand and rather fearsome Gothic beasts which, high on the terrace, guard the entrance to the museum. Historic England has them Grade I listed, which means they are of exceptional interest, and museum researcher Dorothy Blundell has recently been on the trail of their tale. She has found that they began their life on the Manchester Assize Courts, which is regarded as one of Britain’s greatest lost buildings. When it was completed in 1864, it was Manchester’s tall...