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Category Archives: If Walls book/TV
I recently had the pleasure and privilege of going round the V&A’s new furniture gallery, which opens this week, and writing about it for yesterday’s Times. Here’s my piece: ‘I’ve a great respect for things!’ says Madame Merle, in Henry James’s … Continue reading
Posted in A curator's life, If Walls book/TV
Tagged Dr Susan Weber Gallery, furniture history, Nick Humphrey, V&A
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Here’s an article about royal sleeping arrangements from the new National Trust magazine. We did have fun larking around in the bed taking the photos! Sleeping Beauties Visit our country houses and you’ll soon run across the phenomenon that is … Continue reading
Posted in A curator's life, If Walls book/TV
Tagged Avebury Manor, National Trust, state beds
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Yes, it’s three whole years since I began my blog, in August 2009. I hardly imagined back then that I’d be visited by 9,000 people a month, as I am now, and thanks most sincerely to all my friends out … Continue reading
Here’s a sight I like: a roomful of people who’ve come to hear a history talk. I always used to have a page on this site listing upcoming talks, but I had to take it down earlier this year because … Continue reading
Hello, yep, I have a new radio series coming up. I’m guessing that you’re asking yourself the question I hear practically every day: ‘How on earth does she fit it all in?’ Here are my answers: firstly, I’m insanely energetic. … Continue reading
Yesterday I was pleased and proud to have been asked to open the new exhibition at Ware Museum, Hertfordshire. They’ve got back their Great Bed on loan, for a year, from the Victoria and Albert Museum. Make sure you don’t … Continue reading