Category: art

Landscape and sculpture beyond limits

Chatsworth House in Derbyshire sits resplendently within its grounds of meadows and rolling dales, spanning almost half a millennium of history. Depicted by Jane Austen as Mr Darby’s abode, it is actually the home of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire (you might think they’d live nearer to their fiefdom, but a title is just

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Mockingbird

On the release day of Harper Lee’s long awaited second novel, following To Kill a Mockingbird, it seems timely to blog about Glenelg’s own Mockingbird Cafe. Situated well away from the craziness of Jetty Road, I used to feel sorry for the shops and cafés on Broadway. Not anymore. A visit to the Mockingbird cafe-cum-secondhand

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The Black Rose

Trent Parke, the Art Gallery of South Australia Followers of the visual arts in Adelaide are very fortunate to have Trent Parke, the only Australian member of the highly prestigious Magnum Photographic Agency, as a fellow resident. Even more fortunate to have had Trent’s “The Black Rose” at the Art Gallery of South Australia in

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