This photos shows a mug that was on sale in one of the Greek museums earlier this year (2025). The statue of the Discobolus (the discus thrower) is a famous ancient Greek sculpture, and is generally agreed to be a masterpiece of classical art. The original bronze statue by the
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The photo that I have included with this blog post shows some of the note cards that I have used in my research. When I first started (a good six years ago, now!), I had no idea where the research would take me. Plus I was, and remain, a bit
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If you are planning a visit to the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, you could check out if they are allowing access to a piece of theatrical history: a plaque dedicated to Irene Mawer. In her hey-day, Miss Mawer was hailed as “The Great English Exponent of the art
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I was looking for a poem called The Sundurers by D H Lawrence. However, I don’t think it exists. I have found a painting called The Sunderers, with a reference from a poem called Walk Warily, by D H Lawrence, which is presumably the connection. The full-page illustration accompanies the
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This is my ‘office’ at the moment (in my camper van). I have just about finished polishing the biography following editing. I still have a little bit more to finish. Annoyingly, I have two quotes which I can not find the references for. So, I have been going through ALL
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Miss Mawer visited Delphi in 1930, when the Ginner-Mawer School performed in Athens as part of the Second Delphic Festival. This photo shows the view from the slope of Mount Parnassus, looking out from the ruins of Delphi over the valley.
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The statues are called caryatids, and these two are the real deal, in the Acropolis Museum in Athens. Their copies are on the Acropolis, where the original six sisters originated. They are not part of the Parthenon, rather they are part of the temple called the Erechtheion, which is near
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Helga Bejach was a little girl who was forced to leave Germany at the start of the Second World War. Her mother had died sometime previously, so it was her father who made the difficult decision to send Helga and her sister, Irene, away, hopefully to keep them safe. Helga’s
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At last, a day came to which I had been looking forward to for a year. The ancient ruins at Delphi. I had been looking forward to this day in particular, as Delphi is closely connected with Irene Mawer. In 1930, the Ginner-Mawer School were invited to perform in the
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I finally made it into an amphitheatre! I have wanted to go into one all of my life, and have at last achieved the ambition. I have seen other amphitheatres here in Greece, but they were all closed to the public (either because it is winter, or because they are
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