{"id":2876,"date":"2022-06-07T23:15:10","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T23:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelbeing.com\/?p=2876"},"modified":"2022-08-04T14:48:51","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T14:48:51","slug":"culture-cont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelbeing.com\/?p=2876","title":{"rendered":"Culture, cont’."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Please pardon the tardy post, this being the second hump day of the month and so one week later than scheduled. I’ve been attending gatherings, family affairs, “dysfunction functions” I lovingly call them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following photographs are a continuation of culture trippings throughout England and Amsterdam in the spring of ’22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eyes wide open…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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“I want my time with you” artist Tracy Emin, St. Pancras Station, London. A warm welcome.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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“I Felt you And I knew You loved me” artist Tracy Emin, Liverpool Cathedral. It was love at first sight – for the artist, and for that church.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Hard Day’s Night Hotel, Liverpool (check out the logo -guitar fret with first chord from A Hard Day’s Night. Another perspective – the positioning of Paul, John, George and Ringo on stage).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Eleanor Rigby, sculptor Tommy Steele.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Groovin’ on the name (bring back a)
“Friendly Society”. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Stratford Upon Avon, home of The Bard. It just looks and feels ‘Shakespearean’.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Shakespeare’s birthplace.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Bloody good performance at the Attic Theatre, Stratford.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Chester, England. The light appeared astoundingly ancient.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The Water of Life, sculptor Stephen Broadbent, Chester Cathedral. From all angles, captivating.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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“Constellation” exhibit, Chester Cathedral. Celestial vibes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Entrance to The Church Bar and Restaurant, Chester (a ‘pub’lic place of worship;)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Roman walled city of Chester.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Scariest sighting in Chester: my hair after asking for sun-kissed blonde highlights to an ostensibly color-blind stylist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Amsterdam, a bicycle Mecca.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Blooming tulips on a canal.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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“We care but we don’t” – intriguing marketing for B.L.A.H. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Afternoon tea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Evening libations<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Anytime drink<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Loud speaker, Speaker’s Corner, Hyde Park, London.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Fantabulous Easter Fashionista!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A pebbled beach, Brighton <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Mosaic floor by Bons Anrep at National Portrait Gallery, London. Philosopher Bertrand Russell pulling symbolic figure of truth from a well and plucking off her mask (what…with a touch of sadomasochistic-ity?!).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Timeless kinetic display at the MAD Museum, Stratford. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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“Imagine” Sculptor Laurence Holofcener of John Lennon, entrance to Barnaby St., London <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

“Ah, look at all the lonely people”. – Eleanor Rigby<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Imagine all the people<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Livin’ for today<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Livin’ life in peace<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sharing all the world.” – John Lennon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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