Could you please give an example of what you consider “virtue signaling” in the descriptive text for the Cezanne exhibit? I’m quite familiar with virtue signaling in other contexts. Also it would have been helpful if you gave an example of the “historical present” you find so egregious. Not all readers will know. Thanks!
There are different conceptions of whipping round. To lower the tone completely, my husband complained at the end of a recent visit to IKEA in Edinburgh that we had "whipped round", and shouldn't we go round again. I thought we had positively crawled round... A moment of tension ensued.
I love Ravilious' work and have his "High Street" book. The James Russell lectures are excellent - I'm sorry to have missed the last one. The unique shops remind me that another reason I love Antwerp is the small shops - a glove shop, apparently unchanged since the 1930s, a shop selling Scout and Guide uniforms, all cord breeches and long shorts, but also a fantastic range of Dale of Norway hats...
I couldn’t agree more re self- conscious labelling of art- it just ruins it . We are in Boston at the moment and love the lack of labels in the Isabella Stewart Gardner collection
Good to know I am not the only one who loathes the use of the historical present tense. I have been known to shout at the radio and telly when it is used. It really irritates me. When did it become the thing to do? Who thought it would be a good idea? IMHO, it's not. Right - on with Sunday.... thank you, Jane. Just pinged details of the Defaced! exhibition to Cambridge dwelling no. 1 son and suggested he and his visiting brother (no. 2 son) high tail it down to the Fitz to view it on this last day.... I suspect my message will fall on sleeping ears!
Could you please give an example of what you consider “virtue signaling” in the descriptive text for the Cezanne exhibit? I’m quite familiar with virtue signaling in other contexts. Also it would have been helpful if you gave an example of the “historical present” you find so egregious. Not all readers will know. Thanks!
There are different conceptions of whipping round. To lower the tone completely, my husband complained at the end of a recent visit to IKEA in Edinburgh that we had "whipped round", and shouldn't we go round again. I thought we had positively crawled round... A moment of tension ensued.
I love Ravilious' work and have his "High Street" book. The James Russell lectures are excellent - I'm sorry to have missed the last one. The unique shops remind me that another reason I love Antwerp is the small shops - a glove shop, apparently unchanged since the 1930s, a shop selling Scout and Guide uniforms, all cord breeches and long shorts, but also a fantastic range of Dale of Norway hats...
I couldn’t agree more re self- conscious labelling of art- it just ruins it . We are in Boston at the moment and love the lack of labels in the Isabella Stewart Gardner collection
Good to know I am not the only one who loathes the use of the historical present tense. I have been known to shout at the radio and telly when it is used. It really irritates me. When did it become the thing to do? Who thought it would be a good idea? IMHO, it's not. Right - on with Sunday.... thank you, Jane. Just pinged details of the Defaced! exhibition to Cambridge dwelling no. 1 son and suggested he and his visiting brother (no. 2 son) high tail it down to the Fitz to view it on this last day.... I suspect my message will fall on sleeping ears!