Death of a library

Death of a library

The fate of our sister organization, the Central Library, is still far from clear. It sits just within the dreaded cordon, whereas we are lucky enough to be just outside it.

I enjoy looking at the...

I enjoy looking at the...

... paintings and sculptures. Thomas from Merivale

Post-traumatic sustenance

Post-traumatic sustenance

'I think that art can add to the healing of a city in a post-catastrophe environment...'

Care Package (Part 2)

Care Package (Part 2)

So yesterday I wrote how the Christchurch Art Gallery had just received a bodacious post-quake care package, which looks like this.

Just the sheer pleasure...

Just the sheer pleasure...

...of going in the door and knowing I have an hour or so of pleasure ahead of me.

B.165 is on its way

B.165 is on its way

It's September, and if you're a subscriber or a Friend of the Gallery you're probably wondering where your copy of Bulletin is... again! But relax, it'll be with you soon.

Care Package (Part 1)

Care Package (Part 1)

The earthquakes have triggered a revival of the old-fashioned art of the 'care package'.

Rattlers

Rattlers

That's the name my son gives to the aftershocks that regularly shake our St Albans home.

From the bottom of my heart

From the bottom of my heart

Happy birthday

Happy birthday

Colonel Harland Sanders was born today in 1890.

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