Tag Archives: Surrealism

Humphrey Jennings – ‘poet’ of the British Cinema

Posted on July 30, 2018 by leslie

Humphrey Jennings – ‘poet’ of the British Cinema by Stuart Millson Just a few years after the Second World War, a small film company – Wessex Film Productions Ltd. – issued a “short” – an information film (for the Central … Continue reading →

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Modernity in a medieval city

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Derek Turner

Modernity in a medieval city Modern Masters in Print, Usher Gallery, Lincoln, until 30 March, admission free Just down the hill from the superb Lincoln Cathedral is the Usher Gallery, the rather unlikely setting for this peripatetic V&A exhibition, which … Continue reading →

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La Bohême

Posted on November 1, 2013 by leslie

La Bohême Stoddard Martin visits Prague by proxy PRAGUE, CAPITAL of the TWENTIETH CENTURY: A Surrealist History, by Derek Sayer, Princeton University Press, 2013 There is a mystique about Prague which makes it for some the most alluring of European cities. … Continue reading →