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Spooky

Spooky

Maybe it's just a Halloween hangover, but there's something strange in the neighbourhood.

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Chapman’s Homer at Placemakers Riccarton

Chapman’s Homer at Placemakers Riccarton

Following three months outside City Council's building on Worcester Boulevard – Christchurch's favourite bull can now be found at Placemakers Riccarton! That may sound a bit unusual, but these are strange times.

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Victoria Square

Victoria Square

Here's another bit of Christchurch that's in the news.

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Burn!

Burn!

You may have seen the story of the Caravaggio and the chap who is sueing Sotheby's

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Last call

Last call

It's almost time for us to close Rebels, Knights and Other Tomorrows. 

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TWENTY YEARS, FORTY BOOKS - THE HISTORY OF THE HOLLOWAY PRESS

TWENTY YEARS, FORTY BOOKS - THE HISTORY OF THE HOLLOWAY PRESS

There's a great opportunity to hear Peter Simpson talk about his involvement with one of New Zealand's finest private presses, the Holloway Press, tonight. Peter's talk is being held at the WEA, 59 Gloucester Street at 6:00pm.

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Clock tower

Clock tower

We note the recomissioning of the clock tower in Victoria Street reported in today's Press

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Piccola Marina

Piccola Marina

The bar at the Piccola Marina looked like this when I was there last week:

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Tracking Louise Henderson

Tracking Louise Henderson

I recently wrote about Louise Henderson's painting Addington Workshops (1930) for the Press, and wanted to locate the place in which she stood to make the sketch for the work. It's a complex image and I wanted to understand more about its internal space as well as its history, but the workshops were demolished twenty years ago.

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Louise Henderson, Addington Workshops

Louise Henderson, Addington Workshops

For many years, the piercing whistle of the railway workshops off Blenheim Road was Addington's alarm clock.

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