Archive for February, 2010
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Kent February 2010
Kensington – The Cupola Room
The Cupola Room is the principal state room of the palace, and the most lavishly decorated.
The dominant architectural elements of the room are the giant Ionic pilasters and the massive grey marble doorways supported by Ionic columns. Kent made extensive use of trompe l’oeil and much of the architectural decoration is painted, including the [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Feb 13th 2010
Filed under Crookham 2009, Holidays
PhotoHunt – Broken
Need I say more?
For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out tnchick.
38 Comments CherryPie on Feb 12th 2010
From the guidebook:
The King’s Grand Staircase was originally built by Sir Christopher Wren in 1689 in a similar style to the Queen’s Staircase. It was made of oak, and had plain panelled walls. When a new Guard Chamber (no longer surviving) was built at the foot of the stairs in 1692-3 the staircase [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Feb 11th 2010
Filed under This & That
Pigeon: Impossible
A rookie secret agent is faced with a problem seldom covered in basic training: what to do when a curious pigeon gets trapped inside your multi-million dollar, government-issued nuclear briefcase.
10 Comments CherryPie on Feb 11th 2010
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Kent February 2010
Kensington Palace
After a quick painless journey on the high speed train (from Ashford) followed by a rather more arduous journey on the tube we arrived at Kensington where we took a brief stroll through the gardens to Kensington Palace.
The official guidebook to the palace opens with the following words:
Welcome to Kensington Palace, once a favoured home [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Feb 10th 2010
The February edition of PCS Defender publishes a letter about the media distortion regarding MoD pay, pensions, bonuses and civil servants in general. The letter was written to Conservative defence spokesperson Liam Fox MP by a PCS member. The letter sums up how a great many civil servants feel about the media frenzy that is [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Feb 10th 2010
