Lohengrin
Miss Mawer owned at least four pieces of jewellery that meant something special to her. Three of them were necklaces, and one that was worn regularly by Miss Mawer depicted a cloaked man on a ...
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Polishing
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 ...
Rob Lister Medallion
Today I visited the NRCD (National Resource Centre for Dance) at the University of Guildford. I had the pleasure of taking an item for donation, tinged with the sadness of the loss of a friend. ...
The Slopes of Delphi
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 ...
Spot the Difference
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 ...