While we were staying in Cardiff we visited Tredegar House in Newport. This National Trust property is a 17th-century Charles II-era country house mansion in Coedkernew, at the western edge of the city of Newport. For over five hundred years it was home to the Morgan family. The house has quite a history attached to it. “Dark… More Tredegar House
Middle Ages The idea of making life-size wax figures, wearing real clothes, stems from the funerals of European royalty in the middle ages. Originally the corpse would be carried, fully dressed, on top of their coffin at royal funerals. However this was unpleasant in hot weather so a wax effigy was used instead. As the “body” was… More The history of the Wax Museum
Lawnmowers – a very British obsession? Did you know the lawnmower was invented in Gloucester by Edwin Beard Budding in 1830? He was deemed a madman for making such a contraption and had to test his machine at night so no one would see him. But Budding was not mad at all and his machine… More Discovering an unusual museum in Southport
It’s often said that you never visit what’s on your doorstep. Sometimes because the attractions become so familiar that you just expect them to always be there. And sometimes it’s because you don’t know they exist. Or maybe you do know they exist, as you’ve heard their name, but you have no idea what’s there… More Lost Treasures of Strawberry Hill House
Science Gallery London is a cultural destination designed to connect art, science and health in one space. This new “museum” is at the Guy’s campus of King’s College London at London Bridge and is free to enter. As well as the exhibitions, there is a shop and a cafe. We stumbled across it as we were leaving London… More Science Gallery London
All the World’s a Stage “Shakespeare’s Globe is a faithful reconstruction of the open-air playhouse designed in 1599 and a unique international resource dedicated to the exploration of Shakespeare’s work and the playhouse for which he wrote.” The centre of the theatre, and standing space in front of the stage, is open to the sky. The… More Visiting The Globe Theatre
Eyam by Matt Hartley Matt Hartley’s new play Eyam, directed by Adele Thomas, opened in The Globe from Saturday 15 September to 13th October 2018. It tells the story of what happened when the plague arrived in the Derbyshire village of Eyam in 1665. The community faced a moral dilemma. They had to decide whether to flee… More Eyam
Want to discover the history of the potato and fries? Then you need to visit the Frietmuseum in Bruges! This museum is devoted to the history of potatoes and the production of Belgian fries. It describes itself as “the first and only museum dedicated to potato fries”. Potatoes originated in Peru more than 10,000 years… More Frietmuseum
The Jurassic Coast The Jurassic Coast is a World Heritage Site on the English coast that stretches from Exmouth in East Devon to Studland Bay in Dorset. You may not have heard of Kimmeridge in Dorset. I know I hadn’t until a group of us went there in search of fossils. Kimmeridge is a small… More Fossil hunting at Kimmeridge Bay.
This summer we visited the UNESCO World Heritage City of Bruges. On the way to our hotel, we passed one of the large art installations currently situated on the canals. Large art installations – What’s that all about? From 5 May to 16 September 2018 Triennial Bruges 2018 is taking place. Held once every three years an artistic route spreads across… More On a hunt for modern art around Bruges