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One of the definiteive representations of the English Renaissance, it has inspired countless portrayals of Elizabeth I across the arts and is a staple of school textbooks. The 17th-century ‘house of delight’ that began an architectural movement in Britain will re-open to the public this October, with a startlingly ambitious contemporary artwork at the heart of its most celebrated room, the Great Hall. Millions of people across England and Wales are voting in today's local elections, though former prime minister Boris Johnson failed at the first attempt after forgetting his photo ID. Up in Scotland, John Swinney looks set to become the next SNP leader and first minister. Today, the Queen's House seamlessly integrates historic paintings and interiors with contemporary art and sculpture.
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The unique race saw the crew racing without computers or GPS, using only traditional tools and paper charts as they sailed. Nonetheless, the King appeared to be in great spirits as he visited University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre longside his loyal wife, speaking to medical specialists and patients during the outing. The intimate event for staff at The London Clinic took place at Clarence House in London on Tuesday evening, and followed a reception for the hospital's employees. One of the horses was running through the streets covered in blood, which appears to be a likely injury from a collision with a vehicle.
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It’s about 8 minutes from central London by rail, 20 minutes by DLR, or you can get there by boat using the Thames Clipper service. The Queen’s House was fully completed around 1636 and is considered remarkable for its break with the traditional, red-brick Tudor style of building, and for its elegant proportions and the high quality of its interiors. The Reverend had heard of the famous Tulip Stairs and, struck by their beauty, snapped a photograph. It wasn’t till much later when the couple developed the photo that they noticed the presence of a ghostly figure in its frame.
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Jones' unique architecture of the Queen's House also includes features like the Tulip Stairs, an intricate wrought iron staircase that holds itself up, and the Great Hall, a perfect cube. Group shows include his winning contribution to the Turner Prize exhibition at Tate Britain, London (2009), the 55th Carnegie International, Pittsburgh (2008), and “Walk through British Art” an exhibit spanning 500 years at Tate Britain (2013). Permanent public works include commissions for two ceiling paintings at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (2012) and ‘The Stairwell Project’ for the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh (2010). Recently he has been commissioned by Crossrail in London to make a large scale permanent public work for the new Tottenham Court Road station opening in 2018. Wright’s work is the most ambitious piece of contemporary art yet commissioned by Royal Museums Greenwich and emphasises the Queen’s House role as a centre for the display of art.
They show the lost house would have stood around this entrance area, with the frontage stretching down towards what is now a car showroom selling Bugattis and Bentleys. All of this extended business block is built over what in the 1920s would have been a row of individual, private houses. But armfuls of documents in the British Library and other archives show that's incorrect. The Untold and Untrue Story has arrived in London for a three-week run at the King’s Head Theatre in Islington. Let me start by saying it is the best and silliest kind of fun and the most I’ve laughed in such a short space of time.
Upon developing the photos on their return home, they discovered that one photo had captured a particularly chilling image. Now considered a classic paranormal artifact, the photo seems to show a shrouded spectral figure climbing the stairs, possibly in pursuit of a second figure. It’s one of the city’s lesser-known gems, despite being home to an important art collection that features, at its pinnacle, Elizabeth I’s striking Armada portrait.
The Queen’s House, Royal Museums Greenwich
The Queen’s House became the first classical building in England since ancient times. Royal Museums Greenwich comprises the National Maritime Museum, the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the Queen’s House and Cutty Sark. Royal Museums Greenwich illustrates for everyone the importance of the sea, ships, time and the stars and their relationship with people. This unique collection of attractions, which forms a key part of the Maritime Greenwich UNESCO World Heritage Site, welcomes over two million British and international visitors a year and is also a major centre of education and research.
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Now, one of the most important British artists to emerge in the last 20 years, Turner- Prize winner Richard Wright has become the first artist since Gentileschi to create a permanent new work on the ceiling. Mr Hunt confirmed he had managed to organise the proxy vote and his "vote is cast". "Though I don’t want to blame this on everything it does make things challenging for me and I do my best but I do lose things and today it was my passport."
Quaker, a Cavalry black, and a grey called Vida bolted off after being spooked by builders moving rubble while they were on an extended exercise in Belgravia with five other horses and six soldiers from the Household Cavalry last Wednesday. Two military horses seriously injured after running loose through London last week are making progress after surgery, the British Army said. "But after the war, no one could afford to keep these big, old, rambling buildings, so a lot of them were turned into offices," he says. Simon Burgoyne, now working for Knight Frank on property in modern Mayfair, says this fashionable area was where landed families, with estates in the country, had their London townhouses.
As the House re-opens, one important painting will return for the first time since the 1650s. Part of a sequence of pictures commissioned for the House by Queen Henrietta Maria and King Charles I, Orazio Gentileschi’s Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife (c.1630-3) will be on loan from the Royal Collections Trust and hang in the King’s Presence Chamber. London architect and architectural educator Fiona MacDonald attended the press preview on behalf of e-architect for this wonderful refurbishment project in Southeast London. They were asked whether Rishi Sunak is happy with how the requirement for voters to show photo ID is going following reports of some people having issues - including a serviceman who wasn't allowed to use his veterans ID card (see pinned post). People whose ID has been lost, stolen or damaged can apply for an emergency proxy vote until 5pm on polling day, allowing someone else to vote on their behalf.
It was Jones's first major commission after returning from his 1613–1615 grand tour[1] of Roman, Renaissance, and Palladian architecture in Italy. Some earlier English buildings, such as Longleat and Burghley House, had made borrowings from the classical style, but the structure of these buildings was not informed by an understanding of classical precedents. Although it diverges from the mathematical constraints of Palladio, Jones is often credited with the introduction of Palladianism with the construction of the Queen's House.
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