Master Jonjon Tourist Videos

WHAT IT IS.  A compilation of Henderson's collages, 40s through 70s. "Vital Fragments: Nigel Henderson and the Art of Collage" (TATE BRITAIN)  THEMES.  Autobiography, distorted portraits, symbolisms on history, life and previous jobs etc., anything from his home (read: huge collection of printed materials), statements on historic Britain... WHERE TO START.  An hour-long intro video will tell you everything. Enter the gallery room from the atrium, sit down by the entrance and see for yourself. Clip: "Vital Fragments: Nigel Henderson and the Art of Collage" (TATE BRITAIN) (If you're wondering what's that noise next door—school activities in the atrium dictate students to yell out slogans as they engage with McQueen's artwork, a collection of school photos on 76,000 kids.) Travel problem? Let's chat . Time is asset: save it for better with a 25-min museum tour . Or find yourself in my novel , check out the phot...

WHEN.  On the first Sunday of February, every year—mark it down! "Annual Grimaldi Service" (ALL SAINTS CHURCH DALSTON) WHAT IT IS.   If you've been to the Clowns' Gallery-Museum (now closed unfortunately), you should have heard of this annual service named after Grimaldi, the father of British clowning. You'll be seeing clowns from start to finish: clown dramas, prayer for lost clowns, clown-themed sermon, with clowns from all over the world in the audience and also on-stage. NEARBY ATTRACTIONS (walking distance)  - Hackney City Farm The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History Museum of the Home (planned reopening late 2020) Do stay after the service for a clown show, happening after a break. Preparation. "Annual Grimaldi Service" (ALL SAINTS CHURCH DALSTON) THE CATCH.   Sadly, the information you find online is not only sparse but sometimes conflicting. The service starts at 3 p.m. bu...

The current lockdown poses one of the biggest challenges to UK theatres since the London theatre closure of 1642. Let's see how everyone's doing! Robin's recent showcases - 2019. Lead, STRANGE TALES (Grid Iron & Traverse Theatre) 2018/19. Idiot / Assistant Director, LET ME PLAY THE LION TOO (Told by an Idiot) 2019.Tian Hao, SAFETY NET (Reallusion Culture) 2018. Kay, Crow, Prince, Robber Mum, Pigeon, Brae, THE SNOW QUEEN (Quantum Theatre) 2018. Warrior, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN IN THE WORLD (Barons Court Theatre) Let's chat . Time is asset: save it for better with a 25-min museum tour . Or find yourself in my novel , check out the photo of the day and finish it off with a secret prize . Tags - in_depth_tourism; museum; London_writer; London_travel; indie_writer; independent_blogger

The current lockdown poses one of the biggest challenges to UK theatres since the London theatre closure of 1642. Let's see how everyone's doing! Dan Buckley's recent showcases - OOR WULLIE (2020), Dundee Rep Norman, NORMALITY (2019), Up Piccadilly FIVER(2019), Southwark Playhouse Feris, EUGENIUS! (2018), The Other Palace Dougal, THE SEASON (2018) Man 2, FIVER (2017), Crazy Coqs Davey Wheeler, DEAD SIMPLE (2017), Mill at Sonning Constable, CHRISTIE IN LOVE (2016), Rough Haired Pointer Watch the clip on my facebook page . Theatre updates? Let's chat . Time is asset: save it for better with a 25-min museum tour . Or find yourself in my novel , check out the photo of the day and finish it off with a secret prize .

WHAT IT IS ☞A showcase on yellow things, books that are yellow, and cardboard artwork and documents and excerpts that are yellow. And the poets’ magazine  Yellow Book , published 1894-1897. WESTMINSTER REFERENCE LIBRARY: “The Yellow Book Exhibition: Contemporary Poets Respond to the Short-lived but Influential Illustrated Quarterly Magazine” Fitted with regular talks if you come on the right evening. (You will find an exhibition area on paintings right behind the next shelf, changing regularly. Here’s one in 2018 .) Clip: WESTMINSTER REFERENCE LIBRARY: “The Yellow Book Exhibition: Contemporary Poets Respond to the Short-lived but Influential Illustrated Quarterly Magazine” Nearby attractions within a five-minute walk - National Gallery [ and this ] National Portrait Gallery Canada Gallery Travel problem? Let's chat . Time is asset: save it for better with a 25-min museum tour . Or find yourself in my novel , check out the photo of the day and fini...

WHAT IT IS. ☞ Charles I’s palladian ceremonial hall originally standing awkwardly in the midst of Tudorian houses. ARTISTIC VALUE. ☞ The ceiling is a foreign commission, made by the one and only, Peter Paul Rubens. BANQUETING HOUSE (London) HISTORIC VALUE. ☞ The last house standing from the Whitehall Palace - the fire of 1698 destroyed the entire palace except this. Charles I was executed right outside the house. Clip: BANQUETING HOUSE (London) WHAT TO DO. ☞ G/F : Watch an educational video in the chamber here. 1/F (clip) : You’ll find these tablets mounted in the middle of the hall, and there you can find all the information you need. The screen keeps returning to the homepage. Which is annoying. Move the cursor constantly to avoid it. FUN FACT. ☞ Turn left as you enter the main hall and you’ll see the problem of oval frames: a character’s head is cut off due to mismeasurement. The figure happens to be Ignorance and in the scene he’s being overcome by...

CATEGORY. ☞ local museum. IN ONE SENTENCE. ☞ Introducing Wycombe as used to be the world's “chair making capital” (as ambitiously claimed in the leaflets). WYCOMBE MUSEUM  1/F. ☞ A small art gallery. Factory and workers’ life. History of the town's chair-making factories. You’ll also find photos of magnificent “chair arches”: an bowed gate made of chairs to welcome Queen Victoria and other VIPs. The rest is an entire corridor dedicated to local artifacts, in chronological order, starting from a lithic axe. The labels are in the process of being replaced, and you’ll see how the rest consists of curious descriptions on blue-tagged office paper. Here’s an example: an object labelled as “Other World War 2 items (will be replaced soon with World War 1 items)”. Clip: 1/F, WYCOMBE MUSEUM G/F. ☞ Recreated war trench, kept from a WWI exhibition (clip). Information on the very building (Castle Hill House) to be found on the walls at random places. Offer...

WHAT IT IS. ☞ Twice former-Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli’s home, and a top secret mapmaking facility during WWII. DISRAELI’S HOME. ☞ This comes in the form of period rooms on G/F (photo). Staffers and notes will illuminate much of the furniture and items, but you’ll pretty much need our big brother google for information on the house owners. G/F, HUGHENDEN MANOR (High Wycombe)  MAPMAKING. ☞ This part of the manor’s history came as a surprise in 2004, when a volunteer overheard visitors chatting about the house’s secret use during WWII. Further research was conducted, and with interviews and documents released through the Official Secrets Act, more details of the mapmaking activities were to surface in the following years. This has accumulated into an exhibition in the basement (which is sadly now closed) and now occupying the first (clip) and the remaining ground floor. Second floor is closed. Clip: 1/F, HUGHENDEN MANOR (High Wycombe)  LO...

ONE-SENTENCE SUMMARY. A solo exhibition linking the hardship of both territories. Exhibits occupy both the ground floor galleries and the basement. G/F: Sketches and diaries based on interviews in Palestine (clip). Basement: Craft works (photo) surrounded by cold political statements, the Indian Constitution and Kashmir’s independence declarations. “Praneet Soi, Anamorphosis: Notes from Palestine, Winter in the Kashmir Valley” (MOSAIC ROOMS, London) LOCATION. Nearest station: Earl’s Court. As you exit the station, go across the street then all the way north, north, north. The Mosaic Road is right across Cromwell Road. Clip: “Praneet Soi, Anamorphosis: Notes from Palestine, Winter in the Kashmir Valley” (MOSAIC ROOMS, London) FEES. Free entry for all. BEFORE YOU VISIT. The website is pretty ambiguous on its holiday opening hours. To avoid disappointment, enquire before your journey. Travel problem? Let's chat . Time is asset: save it for better wi...

 WHAT IT IS. Features the 80 winners from 300 nominee designs. All the works are listed in the basement entrance lobby (the walls besides the staircase) with a simple description. (Now that you're here - you may also check the museum's permanent exhibitions  for free.) 2019 “Beazley Designs of the Year” (DESIGN MUSEUM, London)  WHERE IT IS. Basement floor of the Design Museum. Closest station: Kensington (Olympia), or Holland Park. If you come from Holland Park, exit the station and walk south along Holland Park then turn left into... Holland Park. You’re then to further walk south all the way to the other side of the park. If you do not want to get lost into the orangery or opera house, there’s a jogger’s path along the park’s east side which cuts right across. The museum’s next to Kensington High Street. Clip: 2019 “Beazley Designs of the Year” (DESIGN MUSEUM, London)  COSTS. £ 12 per person. You can get tickets online. Do finish ...