Cultural Meanderings

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Tag: Italy

Europe / Travel Writing

Love and War in the Apennines, Eric Newby

This isn’t really a travel book, but Newby’s standing as a travel writer is enough to justify its inclusion here. The author describes his amazing experiences during the Second World War after he escaped the clutches of his Italian guards in a PoW hospital and – aided by some brave locals – headed for the… Read More

Posted 13 years ago September 13, 2010
By Jonathan Turton
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Art

A Radical Light at The National Gallery

I mooched over to the National Gallery to see what was on there. I’d not heard of “A Radical Light“, which is the Sainsbury Wing exhibition. This is perhaps not surprising. It’s an artists’ art exhibition. The Divisionists were a bunch of disparate late 19th century artists in what was a rather shaky country called… Read More

Posted 15 years ago August 5, 2008
By Jonathan Turton
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