Cambridge University is famously associated with a certain spying scandal, politely referred to as the ‘Cambridge Five’. Perhaps in acknowledgment they’re having an intriguing-looking exhibition at the library of espionage related ephemera from the last 900 years.
“A library might seem a strange place for an exhibition of secret service, given its association with guns, fast [...]
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Cambridge Espionage
January 24th, 2010 1 Comment
Tags: cambridge · cambridge university · ephemera · espionage · museums
Justin Partyka in Norwich
August 28th, 2009 No Comments
On Tuesday the Justin Partyka show opens at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts. I’ve written about him on here before and I do think it’ll be a show worth going to see – there will be more than fifty of his images of the East Anglian countryside and its people. It’ll be on til [...]
Tags: countryside · exhibition · Justin Partyka · photography
Now with added map
June 2nd, 2009 2 Comments
I just wanted to draw your attention to the fact that from now on I’ll be plotting the geographic location of the things I write about on a google map, which can be found though the ‘navigate using map’ link on the right sidebar. It seems appropriate given the heavily localised nature of the blog, [...]
Tags: cartography · east anglia · google map
Norfolk Open Studios
May 11th, 2009 No Comments
All over Norfolk artists are cleaning up their studios and finishing work in preparation for Norfolk Open Studios which runs 16 – 31st May. More than 250 artists all across the county are taking part, from Downham Market in the West to Great Yarmouth in the East and Wells to Diss on the north south [...]
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