My first trip was to catch the Grayson Perry 'Who are you?" exhibition before it finished. My goodness that man is talented. I watched the TV shows about the making of his exhibition at the end of last year and thought I must go and boy am I glad I did. His work is just fantastic and knowing the story behind the work just added to the experience.
One of his vases
Part of a huge tapestry
more tapestry
Map of Days - Self portrait
Another trip with a friend from Yorkshire who came to stay, saw us visiting a roof garden in Kensington with great views over London and flamingos and ducks on the roof
How do they get that cow to stay so still?
View over the rooftops
there's a stream on the roof
and Flamingos
The sun was shining and it was a lovely place to chill and admire the views.
We also had a tour of the Globe theatre which I have been meaning to do for years. We had a fab guide who was funny and informative, probably an aspiring actor.
The stage
The standing area
The exhibition before the tour about how Sam Wanamaker got the Globe re-building project off the ground was fascinating too along with costumes and costume designers talking about their quest for the truth in re-creating authentic costumes of the time. I love the passion and talent some people have . That seemed to be a theme for the week as my friend had stopped off to see the coffin of Richard III before he was re-interned and the story of how his remains were re-discovered and the passion of Phillippa Handley, one of the driving forces behind that project, was fascinating too.
It's been lovely to get out and about and do some different things
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