ISBN: 978-1-905082-42-1 reviews Trees Cicely Herbert braves the Treetop Walkway at Kew Gardens and visits the Corot to Monet Exhibition. The Council of the London Borough of Camden has many failings, and one shining virtue...
Cicely Herbert explores The Legend of the Green Man When I was nine years old, I ran away from my boarding school, leading two of my friends astray. We spent a full twenty-four hours ‘on...
ISBN:978-0709085973 reviews Cicely Herbert visits Spitalfields during London Open House Weekend Years ago, when my local Adult Education Institute still existed, I enrolled on a short course entitled The Meaning of Money. It seems that...
There can be no simple answers in a time of war. As weaponry and methods of destruction become ever more accurate and deadly, so the moral questions facing human beings become more complicated. It was...
Cicely Herbert reviews The Minotaur by Harrison Birtwistle at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden As one whose first operatic experience was as a teen-aged usher who stood through two entire Ring Cycles, and never...
When I suggested to our Editor that I would like to write about a museum dedicated to the history of footwear, she reminded me of the story of Saint John of the Cross, the great...
A visit to the Qin Dynasty exhibition at the British Museum is a reminder of how strong is the human urge to have one’s existence acknowledged and remembered. The content of this unique archaeological find...
Penny Mawdsley reviews Doing Theology in Altab Ali Park byKenneth Leech Darton, Longman and Todd (London). 2006. 288 pages. £19.95. ISBN: 978-0232525717 reviews A great ash tree stands in my garden and for more than...
In a small exhibition at the British Museum, Human Traffic, the Business of the Slave Trade, the display of an horrific and weighty ‘iron neck collar,’ such as was worn by slaves during transportation to...
The spirit abroad in London during a recent visit to Tate Britain’s Hogarth exhibition, was of a different order, but in its way, vital and life-enhancing. The journey through our capital city to reach the...
