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Durham Lumiere 2017

So, this week, back to Durham and back to work. (I have been out and about recently: on Iona, in Northumberland and enjoying Wensleydale.) However, this last weekend was a special one in Durham, for the fifth Lumiere light festival took place here from Thursday to Sunday. The Festival takes place every two years – I wrote aboutContinueContinue reading “Durham Lumiere 2017”

Paris Paintings and a Rhinoceros

Here, now, is the last of my three posts on the May Paris visit.  I wanted to return to the Sainte Chapelle (www.monuments-nationaux.fr), which I had visited as a teenager and found very beautiful. It is a relatively small building, constructed almost 800 years ago. There is a lower chamber, then you climb the stepsContinueContinue reading “Paris Paintings and a Rhinoceros”