If you’re remotely interested in Virginia Woolf, the National Portrait Gallery’s exhibition is both utterly fascinating because of the historical artefacts and images on display and worth experiencing for the quality of the art. I saw it in the summer but it’s on till the end of October so I’m hoping to make a return visit. I’m … More Virginia Woolf exhibition, National Portrait Gallery
I took this photo lying on my back on a sumptuous red velvet-covered bed in Tredegar House in Newport. To add to the surrealism, I had just slipped out of a reception for international journalists at the NATO summit. Tredegar House is a grand manor house in Newport, run by the National Trust. It was … More Friday Picture: Tredegar House
I’ve been intending to make this nostalgic walk for some time. Back in 1990-91 I finished university and then began working in a warehouse while I tried to work out what I was going to do and save some money. It was a long walk - actually longer than I remember. I had no car, … More A Sentimental Journey around Bristol
Don’t ask me what this is about. I walked past it on my way to the European Parliament in Strasbourg the other week.
This photo really belongs to my recent post about the Meet The Authors event because I took it early in the morning before that event began. It’s one of many amazing timber sculptures dotted around Caerleon near Newport in South Wales, many of them like this from single tree trunks. This one is in the … More Tree trunk sculpture, Caerleon
The exhibition I mentioned here of Jo Haycock’s photography is now on at Newport’s Riverfront and will be there until October 6th. More details here and I heartily recommend that you have a look if you can. I went along to a private view which was held on Friday to launch Jo’s Exhibition and took some photos … More Newport Art College Exhibition II
Adrian Masters 