•London’s fog and its reflection in Charles Dickens’ writings are the subject of a new exhibition opening at the Charles Dickens Museum in Bloomsbury.A Great and Dirty City: Dickens and the London Fogexplores how the fog affected Dickens’ work, his health and that of his family, and ...
–Henry James 8–“London opens to you like a novel itself… It is divided into chapters, the chapters into scenes, the scenes into sentences; it opens to you like a series of rooms, doors and passages. Mayfair to Piccadilly to Soho to the Strand.” –Anna Quindlen 9–“The interesting...
There was apparently thick fog when the Elector of Hanover made his way up the Thames accompanied by a flotilla of boats carrying his family and entourage including 18 cooks as well as his mistress, Ehrengard Melusine von der Schulenburg, and his half-sister Sophia Charlotte von Kielmansegg (...
The fog was so 1 that it was impossible to see more than a foot. Buses, cars and taxis were not able to run and were 2 by the side of the road. People were trying to find their way on foot but were losing their way in the3.Mr. Smith had a very important meeting at the ...
1.Linley Mayfair 46 Albemarle St. Royal cabinetmaker Viscount Linley shows that he can do urban sleek as well as country-house chic. 2.Paul Smith Furniture Shop 9 Albemarle St. London institution Paul Smith opened a shop for antiques and art objects from around the world; a recent display ...
1.Linley Mayfair 46 Albemarle St. Royal cabinetmaker Viscount Linley shows that he can do urban sleek as well as country-house chic. 2.Paul Smith Furniture Shop 9 Albemarle St. London institution Paul Smith opened a shop for antiques and art objects from around the world; a recent display ...
Anne Boleyn (1532)/Royal Collection Trust / © His Majesty King Charles III 2023. •The largest exhibition of the work of Tudor-era artist Hans Holbein the Younger has opened at The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace.Holbein at the Tudor Courtfeatures more than 50 works by Holbein includ...
•Three masterpieces from The National Gallery’s collection – by Hogarth, Gainsborough and the Le Nain Brothers – have gone on show at The Foundling Museum in Bloomsbury as part of a new exhibition exploring what family is and can be.Finding Familyexamines the ways in which artists have ...