Picasso – Amanda Jane Textiles

Textiles in Lille and Roubaix

Last week I was in France, having taken advantage of the January Eurostar ticket sale. I took the Eurostar train from London St Pancras station and arrived in Lille just one hour twenty-five minutes later. I first learned French as a Primary School pupil in a small, rural school at a period in education whenContinueContinue reading “Textiles in Lille and Roubaix”

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”