Recent content by Phil H

Over the years it's been reported that a number of Postmasters/Postmistresses suffered ill health and death due to the stress imposed by prosecutions, and it is alleged that there was at least one suicide; imho charges of corporate manslaughter would not be remiss. The problem, though, is that...

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Closer to home: https://numberonelondon.net/2016/12/chatsworth-house-the-marbles/

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By JJ Adams:

If only they would put as much effort into customer support............

Not surprised :)

Art doesn't need a purpose, although it can serve one insofar as it can stimulate the old grey cells and provoke debate. It would be a boring old world if we all shared the same opinion, so I don't disagree with your sentiment Tim. That said, the art world has plenty of folk who are more...

I have more than my fair share of conventional art, both as prints and originals, but I'm currently getting a lot of pleasure from building one of these from Rokr: It's very well designed, and I'm just as fascinated by the quality of manufacture as I am by the end result. They are quite...

IMHO one of the most important features is that of creativity; there's nothing wrong with decorative art per se and it serves a purpose, but there's a lot of the twaddle spoken about non-conformist works (cubist/abstract/impressionist/etc) where the 'creativity' is rather dubious to say the...

For natural art it's hard to beat nature:

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After 80 years the Crazy Horse Memorial in South Dakota is still very much a work in progress: The aim wip and then there's the bear in Denver:

https://unusual-encounters.blogspot.com/2014/05/solstice-sculptures.html