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The thorn and the papyrus: a tale of two relics
(5 minute read) Adam Brocklehurst looks at the curious world of religious relics.
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A pauper’s Christmas
(6 minute read) Adam Brocklehurst goes beyond the Christmas card imagery to discover the disturbing truth about life in Victorian England.
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Life lessons in an art gallery
(5 minute read) Adam Brocklehurst finds surprisingly modern insights in the work of an 18th century French artist.
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Epitaph for a single woman
(5 minute read) Adam Brocklehurst examines the single life in fact and fiction.
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The reluctant admiration of genius
(4 minute read) Adam Brocklehurst offers a starkly honest review of the exhibition Lucian Freud: Real Lives at the Tate Gallery in Liverpool.
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Painting Covid
(5 minute read) Adam Brocklehurst finds the art of Ollie Manco can act as a visual examination of conscience.
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Chinoiserie: turning the mirror of taste on ourselves
(4 minute read) Adam Brocklehurst explores the sometimes problematic relationship between race and style.
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Panning for gold in thrift stores
(4 minute read) Adam Brocklehurst finds life lessons in a cracked teacup.
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The Eyes of Annie Swynnerton
(5 minute read) Adam Brocklehurst learns life lessons from a forgotten English artist whose work challenged attitudes to women in her time.
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Wisdom from the East (End)
(7 minute read) The musings of a simple London woman about the arrival of television to post-war Britain teaches Adam Brocklehurst the folly of trying to hold onto the past.