As a volunteer I was allowed to see the mansion decked in all it’s glory the day before it opens for public viewing. Visitors are in for a treat.
Due circumstances beyond my control I did not have the opportunity to see the outdoor Christmas Trail as I had intended to do.
Archive for November, 2024
8 Comments CherryPie on Nov 29th 2024
This 2009 interpretation of The Last Supper is by contemporary artist Lorna May Wadsworth. Featuring the Jamacan-born model Tafari Hinds as Christ.
It hit the headlines in the summer of 2020 when the artist heard it had been shot while in situ behind the altar of a church in Gloucestershire. The damage occurred on Christ’s right [...]
5 Comments CherryPie on Nov 28th 2024
Filed under Anecdotes, Art, St Albans 2024
Votes For Sale!
In 1851 St Albans achieved notoriety when its electorate of 500 men, were found guilty of selling their votes.
4 Comments CherryPie on Nov 27th 2024
Filed under Books, Holidays, St Albans 2024
Halloween Changes Into Christmas
10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 26th 2024
Architecture is the thoughtful making of space.
Louis Kahn
8 Comments CherryPie on Nov 24th 2024
Filed under Anecdotes, Heritage, Holidays, St Albans 2024
St Albans – Day Four
Case packed; we check out of the Premier Inn before our last breakfast in St Albans. We both had a senior moment in the car park; we paid the car parking fee put the bags in the car and then remembered that we were walking into town for breakfast!
We had to leave the car park [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 20th 2024
