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Tag Archives: Cambridge
The Vernal Equinox
‘The vernal equinox has come too soon’ is, Him Indoors assures me, the opening line of a welcome ode written to celebrate the visit of Her Majesty The Queen to his school at some point in the 1960s. I have … Continue reading
Posted in Botany, Cambridge, London, Museums and Galleries, Natural history
Tagged Cambridge, flowering plants, London, spring, Tate Britain, vernal equinox
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Enter by the Founder’s
… and exit by the gift shop. You can of course, alternatively, enter via the Courtyard, which takes you through/past the gift shop first, on your way to the café. Cambridge friends will realise that I am taking about the … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Art, Cambridge, Classics, History, Italy, Museums and Galleries
Tagged architecture, C.R. Cockerell, Cambridge, Dr Victoria Avery, Fitzwilliam Museum, George Basevi, museums, portrait busts
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The King’s Faithful Servant
Rustat Road in Cambridge is where, in a former century, one used to go and pay one’s water rates to the Cambridge Water Company. I haven’t been able to find a picture of the building online, but I have a … Continue reading
Posted in Biography, Cambridge, History, London, Uncategorized
Tagged Cambridge, Charles II, Chelsea, Grinling Gibbons, Jesus College, Royal Hospital, Tobias Rustat
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Capabilities
To the auditorium of the Sainsbury Laboratory in Cambridge (the amazingly heavy door of which was clearly not designed for the demographic of the Friends of Cambridge University Botanic Garden). However, we are stalwart types, and having overcome this obstacle, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Gardens, History
Tagged Cambridge, Cambridge Backs, Capability Brown, Dr Laura Mayer, landscape gardening
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Halcyon Days
The myth first. Halcyone was the daughter of Aeolus, the god of the winds. She and her husband Ceyx, king of Thessaly (or of Trachis, in some versions), were among the dim bunch (see Niobe, Marsyas, Ixion et al.) who … Continue reading
Professor Hedgehog Does Retail!
Some of my readers will know that I try to support a charity working in Tanzania, EdUKaid. I have regularly done some fundraising at my (now ex-) workplace, but decided this year to bring my offerings to a wider audience. … Continue reading
My Favourite Potholes
To survive on a bike in Cambridge, ‘Cycle City’ of the Fens, it is essential to assume that all fellow road users – drivers, pedestrians and (especially) cyclists – are rude, unpredictable, illiterate and terminally stupid. (The last of course … Continue reading