It’s hard to know how to start this, but let’s go for it anyway. If you’re a regular reader/viewer of Contemplating the Clouds, have you noticed that the frequency of posts has dropped substantially over the last month or two? … Continue reading
She wasn’t a blood relative of Peter the Great, as many people unsurprisingly assume. In fact, she wasn’t even Russian. She was born in Germany and moved to Russia for an ill-fated marriage. It just so happened that she was … Continue reading
I’m a bit of a self-confessed geek when it comes to museums and natural history, so put the two together and you’ve probably won me over already. It will probably come as little surprise then that my favourite part of … Continue reading
Having visited Fascinating Mummies at the NMS on the first of my two days off the latter of the pair was destined to be slightly lazier. Having done various dull things with the start of the morning a last-minute arrangement was … Continue reading
“Mummies as you’ve never seen them before” proclaims the advert. The leaflet opens up to reveal an X-ray of a mummified cat and the back of an amulet engraved with hieroglyphics. The exhibition – the first temporary venture at the newly … Continue reading
What do you see when you stare out the window? 