Rather English - See the Hereford Mappa Mundi
Updated: 2012-11-30 08:30:00
, : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London England A website about things to do , on a Rather English research trip until January Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 30 November 2012 Rather English See the Hereford Mappa Mundi The Mappa Mundi is held by Hereford Cathedral and is a fascinating map dating from around 1285, which shows the world as it was seen in medieval times . Apparently drawn on calf skin by Richard of Haldingham and Lafford , the map places Jerusalem at the centre , with the British Isles on the outer edges of the known world . The map displays only what was known by Richard and his contemporaries , reaching no further than the River Ganges in India , the Nile in Africa and Norway and
Why, hello Winter! You’ve arrived… Bring on the snow please. Launched our new blog, CAPA World, at work this week which I’ll be running. Would love to have you follow along. There will be London goodies and other international education … Continue reading →
, : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London England A website about things to do , on a Rather English research trip until January Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 29 November 2012 Rather English Cross Sellack Swing Bridge Your author has fond memories of catching minnows in the shallows of the River Wye below Sellack Bridge in Herefordshire as a child , and the swing bridge which crosses the river between the villages of Sellack and Kings Caple near Ross-on-Wye . The bridge was opened in 1898 to link the two parishes by public petition , apparently because the vicar was having trouble getting ferryboat men to take him across the river . The bridge was commissioned by Hereford architect Mr Ernest G .
London is good for a crap sign (or 5). There’s always something misspelled or simply amusing in a shop window or attached to a pole or scribbled across the wall. Here’s some of the latest that were added to the … Continue reading →
, : : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London England A website about things to do , on a Rather English research trip until January Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 28 November 2012 Rather English : Visit Kilpeck Church Despite being irreligious , your author particularly appreciates a good church , and the tiny sandstone Church of St Mary and St David at Kilpeck , Herefordshire , is a particularly interesting one , noted for its Norman carvings which include serpents , angels , a green man , a Sheela na Gig and a menagerie of beasts including a hound , hare and ram . The church is entered through a spectacular Norman arch and is thought to contain remnants of its earlier Saxon foundations , and the St
Sometimes the simplicity of a black and white photograph gives the subject new life. Stripping away the colour can pull in the imagination that is so quick to fill in a blank. Here’s a few photographs from the Flickr pool … Continue reading →
, : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London England A website about things to do , on a Rather English research trip until January Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 27 November 2012 Rather English Visit Bristol's M-Shed Despite its rather confusing name , Bristol's M-Shed is an interesting an informative museum of the city's culture and history , which first assumed its moniker in the 1950s , and continued under the same name as when adapted from one of the alphabetically-labeled transit sheds in the docks . The shed became a museum in 2011 following the approval of funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund , Bristol City Council and other funders , and the result is a very interesting exploration of the
What a brilliant collection appearing in the Flickr pool lately. Here’s 25 of the latest shots of Londoners, a diverse and colourful bunch. And so many talented street photographers out there in this city as you can see! One of … Continue reading →
Following on from last week’s entry with all sorts of art scattered around London, here’s five more recently contributed to the Flickr pool: Photo: Sweet Toof, Cyclops and Rowdy BC by Alex Ellison Photo: Three of a Kind – Masai … Continue reading →
, : , skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London England A website about things to do , on a Rather English research trip until January Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 25 November 2012 Rather English Climb the Cabot Tower , Bristol The city of Bristol has always been quite proud of its adopted son John Cabot , an Italian sailor who set sail from the port to become the first European to set foot on the mainland of North America , and at the end of the 19th century a tower was erected on top of Brandon Hill in the city to celebrate him . The tower is still open to the public for free and whilst the staircase to access it is quite tight , the views from the top are exceptional , as Brandon Hill provides an
, : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London England A website about things to do , on a Rather English research trip until January Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 24 November 2012 Rather English Visit a prison built for French and American prisoners of war Viewing the world with a 20th and 21st century mindset , it's hard to imagine a situation when there Britain would capture French and American prisoners of war but there was a time when it happened , and a place was needed to put them the French prisoners taken during the Napoleonic Wars were first imprisoned in derelict ships but between 1806 and 1809 Dartmoor prison was built to house them , and after 1812 they were joined by Americans taken in the
, : , skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London England A website about things to do , on a Rather English research trip until January Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 23 November 2012 Rather English See the Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden , St Ives Though the great 20th century sculptor Barbara Hepworth was born in Wakefield and spent time in Hampstead and Italy , moved to St Ives in Cornwall with her husband Ben Nicholson in 1939, and acquired a traditional stone building called Trewyn studios in 1949, working there until she was killed in a fire in the building in 1975. The building which had become Hepworth's home was opened to the public according to her wishes in 1976 and remains open to
, : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London England A website about things to do , on a Rather English research trip until January Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 21 November 2012 Rather English Visit the Tate's southwestern outpost It's easy for Londoners to think that the Tate empire extends no further than Bankside and Pimlico , but most will be aware that there are other galleries under the Tate banner and last week your author visited the Tate St Ives for the first time . Designed by architects Evans and Shalev on the site of a former gas works the gallery is on Porthmeor Beach and opened in a town long famous for its art in 1993. Though the block of flats being rather noisily built next door was
, : , skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London England A website about things to do , on a Rather English research trip until January Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 19 November 2012 Rather English Drink at the Pandora Inn , Cornwall A thatched pub at the end of a long Cornish lane , the Pandora Inn sits beside sleepy Restronguet Creek and was once a farmhouse until , in the 1200s it became a pub . Though it was the victim of a quite horrific fire last year and is also occasionally subject to flooding it is open The pub has now fully recovered from the fire and when your author dropped in last week to do some afternoon reading , the only fire he found was one of two log fires quietly burning in the
, : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London England A website about things to do , on a Rather English research trip until January Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 18 November 2012 Rather English Visit Newlyn Art Gallery Opened in 1895 in Newlyn near Penzance , Newlyn Art Gallery was originally a place to exhibit the art of the Newlyn School of artists , a group of Victorian artists who had established themselves in the small fishing village to paint in plein air and observe the light and scenery of West Cornwall . Today , the gallery is still going strong , and following redevelopments in 2007 it has been extended with the inevitable addition of an attractive first floor cafe with panoramic sea views .
, : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London England A website about things to do , on a Rather English research trip until January Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 16 November 2012 Rather English Visit Helston Folk Museum A brilliant little museum in the Cornish Market Town of Helston , the Helston Folk Museum is run by Cornwall Museums and is quite deceptively large . A collection of many different aspects of life in a town with a small population but a proud heritage , it certainly puts many London borough museums to shame . Whilst the contents might at first seem like a ramshackle collection of items , in fact they tell many aspects of the story of this little Cornish town , through artefacts such as
, : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London England A website about things to do , on a Rather English research trip until January Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 15 November 2012 Rather English Sit beside the fire at the Warren House Inn Whatever the weather outside , visitors to the Warren House Inn can always be sure of a warm welcome , so warm in fact that the fire has burnt continuously since 1845. The Inn cuts a lonely figure in the middle of Dartmoor , on what was once a packhorse route serving local tin mines . Formerly known as the New House , the pub was renamed after a rabbit warren which was once situated close to the Inn , the Warren House was built in the eighteenth century on the site of
, : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London England A website about things to do , on a Rather English research trip until January Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 14 November 2012 Rather English Climb Glastonbury Tor Rising above the town like a pyramid , and topped off by a mysterious church tower , it is not hard to see why Glastonbury Tor so easily captures the imagination . Offering spectacular views , the Tor is thought to be the peak of the ancient Isle of Avalon , and was once literally an island , rising from the marshy Somerset levels . Legend has it that the island was visited by King Arthur , Saint Patrick and even Jesus Christ's tin-trading uncle Joseph of Arimathea . The monks at
, : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London England A website about things to do , on a Rather English research trip until January Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 13 November 2012 Rather English Admire the view from Selsley Common An area of common land overlooking the town of Stroud in Gloucestershire , Selsley Common comprises nearly 160 acres of limestone grassland with stunning views over the the Severn Vale and towards the Stroud Valleys , which once boasted around 150 woolen mills , creating cloth for export around the world . The town of Stroud is lucky to boast significant areas of common land , grazed by cattle but open to the public to roam as they please and popular with paragliders . However
, : , skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London England A website about things to do , on tour in England until late January 2013. See also http : www.ratherenglish.com Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 12 November 2012 Drink at The Bell , Aldworth Yesterday afternoon , your author set out from South East London in brilliant sunshine to rediscover England , making his first stop at the Bell Inn in Aldworth , Berkshire , a beautiful pub which traces its origins back to the 14th century , and on a sunny Sunday is a fine example of how a village pub can still be right at the heart of a community . The Bell has been in the same family for some 250 years , and your author understands by way of a talkative local
, : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London A website about things to do in London Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 11 November 2012 Visit the RAF Bomber Command Memorial Today is Remembrance Sunday , and the perfect time to visit London's newest war memorial on , unveiled in June this year to commemorate those who flew with Bomber Command on missions during the Second World War . The memorial is found in Green Park and is built in Portland stone . At its heart stand seven 9-foot-high bronze airmen , shown looking at the horizon , from which many of their comrades would sadly never return . 55,573 aircrew from all over the world lost their lives with Bomber Command during World War II . For more , see
, : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London A website about things to do in London Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 10 November 2012 Watch the Lord Mayor's Show London is now on its 685th Lord Mayor , and some date the Lord Mayor's Show back to as 1215, when King John granted his charter to allow citizens of London to elect a mayor . Today , nearly 800 years later , the show is still going strong and today it hits the City of London , promising the usual mixture of spectacle and marching . For this year's show , we're told to expect a three and a half mile procession , with over 6,500 participants as well as marching bands , horses , carriages and more from 11am until 2.30pm . Though this year the
: : Paul in London Paul is in London . And seeing mostly theatre Saturday , November 10, 2012 Art : Joe Hesketh A Pendle Investigation One of the most famous witch trails in English history , the Pendle witches are recreated in Joe Hesketh's dark and haunting pieces titled A Pendle Investigation . It has been on tour around the country for a while but has come back to London , to coincide with Halloween and give a few lasting chills to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the trials . There is an old pumpkin still hanging around outside the gallery so you may think you know what you're getting into when you arrive . Alas you will be wrong . Hesketh turns witches and Halloween on its head and gives a contemporary perspective to the violent story of injustice , superstition , rivalry and
, : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London A website about things to do in London Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 9 November 2012 Eat at Paolina Thai Cafe Your author had a good meal with friends last night at the Paolina Thai Cafe near King's Cross station , and apart from the odd deserts and the rather compact toilet facilities , found it to be good value . Though the cafe interior feels a bit more like being on an Austrian train than being in a Thai cafe , service is swift enough and prices reasonable , plus it's BYO , which is very civilized . For more , see http : www.viewlondon.co.uk restaurants paolina-cafe-and-thai-restaurant-info-3724.html No : comments Post a Comment Older Post Home Subscribe
, : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London A website about things to do in London Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 8 November 2012 Find St Faith's Parish Pump Though the Church of St Faith has not existed for hundreds of years , St Faith's parish pump , dated 1819, still stands stranded by a fence between Paternoster Sq and St Paul’s Churchyard . The history of the parish of St Faith's is an interesting one . The original parish church of St Faith stood on the north side of Old St Paul’s until the 1250s , when we are told that it was demolished as part of work on the cathedral . From the 1250s until the reign of Edward VI , the parish known as St Faith under St Paul's literally worshiped beneath St
, : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London A website about things to do in London Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 7 November 2012 Visit the RHS Lindley Library Describing itself as the world's leading horticultural library , the Royal Horticultural Society's Lindley Library is the largest such library in the world , based over a three locations but headquartered at the RHS building in Vincent Square , Westminster . The Vincent Square building is the largest part of the library , and contains books from books covering horticulture between 1514 and the present day . The library is open to the public and provides free access to books and journals , and a lending service for members , Monday to Friday from
: : Paul in London Paul is in London . And seeing mostly theatre Wednesday , November 07, 2012 Cabaret : Karen Akers at The Crazy Coqs The Brasserie Zedel , run by restauranteurs Jeremy King and Chris Corbin of The Ivy , The Woolsey fame which opened this summer , has given new life and a touch of French glamour to a formerly unloved hotel just off Piccadilly Circus in the heart of the West End . Their cabaret room , The Crazy Coqs is a beautiful art-deco space that is a great way to sample an evening of cabaret . The last time I saw Karen Akers we were bemoaning that Pizza on the Park was shortly to be closing . But change isn't always a bad thing . Akers act was the same act or possibly shorter but in a smaller , classier space with a sensible cocktail it seemed all the more enjoyable .
, : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London A website about things to do in London Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 6 November 2012 Announcement Tired of London's Rather English change As from next Monday , 12th November , there will be a temporary change here at Tired of London , Tired of Life . Whilst your author is not and will never be Tired of London he will be spending a disproportionate amount of time out of town over the next couple of months researching a new project , which will temporarily make writing about London rather more difficult . Therefore , as your author will probably be seeing rather more of England than London between now and the end of January , during that time this website will
: : Paul in London Paul is in London . And seeing mostly theatre Monday , November 05, 2012 Lookout behind you : Panto season Christmas also means that Panto season is coming and aside from the usual blockbusters in the West End or the likes of slightly edgier Jack and the Beanstalk at the Theatre Royal Stratford East , they are designed to lure families in with a mix of childrens comedy and dirty innuendo for the adult members of the audience . Or in the case of Dame Edna's foray into Dick Whittington last season , it was an opportunity graft Edna's material onto a panto format for a new unsuspecting audience . Others are taking this to another level , with less innuendo and just filth and good ol' . vulgarity There is Snow White and the Seven Poofs that has its run at the Green Carnation