I have always loved the Renaissance, and not just the famous paintings but the idea inside the word itself: rebirth. After centuries in which European art had mostly served the church in …
Museums & Art
- London
Botticelli at the National Gallery, London: Venus, Saints, and Savonarola
by Bubblyby Bubbly 8 min readI have loved Botticelli since I was a girl. Long before I understood anything about the Renaissance, I knew those faces: the tilt of a head, the pale gold hair, the calm …
- London
The National Gallery, London: From the Sainsbury Wing to the Sunflowers
by Bubblyby Bubbly 9 min readTrafalgar Square sits at the heart of London, and in early December it runs cold and bright, with the fountains going and a row of wooden chalets set up along the north …
You walk into the V&A and the first thing above you is a storm of blue and green glass. The great Chihuly chandelier hangs in the domed entrance hall, eleven metres of …
- London
The Churchill War Rooms: Inside the Bunker Where Britain Ran the War
by Bubblyby Bubbly 9 min readA few steps below the pavements of Whitehall, behind a plain door near Downing Street, there is a basement where Britain ran the Second World War. The Churchill War Rooms are not …
- London
Hoa Hakananai’a: The Easter Island Moai at the British Museum, and Where It Belongs
by Bubblyby Bubbly 7 min readThere is a figure on the upper floor of the British Museum that stops people in a way the labels never quite explain. It stands about two and a half metres tall, …