Monthly Archives: October 2014

A bit of a swoon about Chicago private eye V.I. Warshawski

Posted on by Lucy

In the 1980s I was a bit of a stalker. Fortunately, the object of my affections was not a person but a thing: it was West Bridgford Library in the suburb of Nottingham where we lived. I can’t really remember how I started ‘working’ there – something to do with the Girl Guides, I think

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Preview: The Museum of London’s Sherlock Holmes exhibition, opens 17th October

Posted on by Lucy

My preview from the Express this weekend… Sherlock fans!  The game’s afoot.  From Friday we’ll be able to get closer than ever to the greatest detective who never lived.  Better still, we’ll be able to travel back in time to visit his foggy, gas-lit and crime-ridden city.  The Museum of London’s new Sherlock Holmes exhibition opens this

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Posted in A curator's life |