World Radio Day….can you hear me?
International commemorative days come thick and fast, but I can’t let World Radio Day on February 13th slip by without some kind of celebration! Out of the bakelite box :… Read More ›
Rare Books & Arts
Popular culture, sometimes it ain’t pretty!
Just in case you thought things were getting a little straight-laced on the Arts Blog….. Allied Artists horror, science fiction and fantasy films by Michael R. Pitts If, like me,… Read More ›
Down to the sea in ships
Painting, Photography, Rare Books & Arts:
An enquiry from a customer regarding maritime painting uncovered a watery treasure-trove! The sun rising through vapour : Turner’s early seascapes by Paul Spencer-Longhurst Difficult to go past Turner’s astonishing… Read More ›
New Music Tracks.
Music, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts:
New CDs in Arts include Greatest Voices of Bolshoi, from the record library of Melbourne broadcaster, John Cargher. There is the self-titled best seller from popular crooner Michael Buble, the classic album,… Read More ›
Art from the Low Countries to the Yarra River
New books, Painting, Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:
A swag of books relating to the visual arts have appeared on the new book’s shelf this week; from the sublime to the sublime! Van Eyck to Durer : the… Read More ›
Silence can be golden
Over the Christmas/new-year break I managed to catch up with at least a few of the DVDs that have been waiting for some attention next to my TV set. Included… Read More ›
Life’s a circus on our New Books shelf!
A splendidly eclectic mix of new books to greet the new year: Circus : the Australian story by Mark St Leon Mark St Leon has been researching the circus in… Read More ›
Oh I do love to be beside the seaside…….
Photography, Rare Books & Arts:
No denying that Summer is well and truly with us. What better way to begin the year than a trip to the beach? Dupain’s beaches by Jill White Is there… Read More ›
