Jock McFadyen (2)
I finally made it to Jock McFadyen’s beautiful, but eerie exhibition of aspects of the London underground, accompanied by a sound track by Jem Finer of The Pogues. They go well together, real, but surreal, recorded from life, but demonstrating the essential strangeness of it all. Here is Aldgate East:- Next door are some of…
Vanbrugh vs. Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough
Cathy Courtney, one of the key people behind Vanbrugh300, persuaded the National Portrait Gallery to host an event scripted by Cathy in which Vanbrugh, played by Stephen Boxer, discusses the plans for Blenheim with Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, played by Harriet Walter. Initially in a way they are semi-amicable, but degenerate into open warfare, with…
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