Frith on Friday

As luck would have it, the Guildhall Gallery are currently showing an exhibition of the work of William Frith - one of the best known of the Victorian narrative painters. How relevant is that? I met my fellow-students at Bank and we proceeded to the Guildhall. It's free on Fridays, and just as we arrived, a free tour was starting - it was all going our way. The Guildhall Gallery has some fantastic examples of Victorian art - including Pre-Raphs galore - so we were in our element. We also had time to explore the newly opened remains of the Roman arena beneath the building - fascinating.
A spot of luncheon near Kings Cross and then onwards, ever onwards to the British Library. I became a fully-paid-up member and had a browse around. What a great place - think I'll be spending quite a lot of time there.

Back to Gordon Square for the evening lecture. We looked at the Victorian attitude to the rural landscape in art (idealised) and how this was subverted by Grayson Perry's recent exhibition called The Charms of Lincolnshire. All good stuff. Time for a swift half to round off the day, before hurrying home to catch the dulcet tones of Simon Schama.