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BOOK REVIEW: London Uncovered

London Uncovered: Sixty Unusual Places to Explore

Mark Daly (Author), Peter Dazeley (Photographer)
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
£30.00
ISBN9780711238091

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 This is a book for anyone who loves London as it takes us into sixty buildings and places which we may recognise but are probably ones that we may not have visited so far. Dazeley’s photography reveals the interiors of these intriguing spaces while Daley’s text gives the history and feel of the place.  A great combination and thanks to this book I now have many places to visit in the coming months and years which I feel sure I will want to return to.

 

The book’s sections are Historical Homes, Food and Drink, Palaces of Entertainment, Places of Worship, Remarkable Shops, Science and Education, Inns of Court and Unusual Museums.  What more could you ask for?

 

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The Painted Parish

Federation of British Artists, The Painted Parish, Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1, 15th – 20th December 2015

John Foker SWLA Ancestral Communities (2015) Oil 26 x 29 cm

John Foker SWLA
Ancestral Communities (2015)
Oil 26 x 29 cm

Churches have many roles in today’s world as places of worship, concert venues, tourist attractions, even domestic dwellings or ruins.  This show brings a selection of these buildings to our attention and reminds us that John Betjeman summed it up so clearly in his poem “Churchyards” when he wrote “Our churches are our history shown / In wood and glass and iron and stone”.

Richard Plincke RI A Walk around Salisbury Cathedral (2010) Wash drawing, tinted 51 x 61 cm

Richard Plincke RI
A Walk around Salisbury Cathedral (2010)
Wash drawing, tinted 51 x 61 cm

The exhibitors are Sarah Bee PS • Charles Bone RI • Matthew Draper PS • John Foker SWLA • Peter Folkes RI • Lisa Graa Jensen RI • Alice Hall AROI • Peter Kelly NEAC RBA • Colin Kent RI • Ronald Maddox RI • Anthony Morris NEAC RP • Edman O’Aivazian ROI RSMA • Richard Plincke RI • Charles Rake NEAC • Bob Rudd RI • Peter Vincent PS • Toby Ward NEAC • Roy Wright PS • Anthony Yates RBA

Anthony Yates RBA Former Methodist Church, South Street, Harborne, Birmingham (2015) Oil 75 x 57 cm

Anthony Yates RBA
Former Methodist Church, South Street, Harborne, Birmingham (2015)
Oil 75 x 57 cm

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Alice Hall AROI Morning Light across the Nave, Westminster (2015) Oil on canvas 98 x 78 cm

Alice Hall AROI
Morning Light across the Nave, Westminster (2015)
Oil on canvas 98 x 78 cm