Art and garden historian. Classicist. Former curator of antiquities. FSA London. FLS London
Sussex
Joined September 2011
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Congratulations to Jamie Fraser @britishmuseum on his appointment as the new senior curator @NicholsonMuseum
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‘If you tell a lie a fairy dies. If you buy the lie of cheap food a bird or a butterfly dies’ #TheRunningHare
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Palmyra busts reportedly offered recently at an ISIS auction in Raqqa for $150,000 per (NBC via Amr Al-Azm)
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Loved seeing @IfordManor on #BigDreamsSmallSpaces on BBC2 tonight with @montysdognigel
Sold out! 50 Objects 50 Stories book now available as a free download academia.edu/23980116/50_Obj…
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Edwardian Grade I listed garden architecture by Harold Peto in his former home @IfordManor #architectureMW
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Nice to see @CliveAslet's 5 best GB views inc #Llanthony (where, as it happens, I was married & kids christened) gu.com/p/4hqx4/stw
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Kinda remarkable this Lion Lady in Canberra is from the same set as the stolen Shiva with Nandi @AGNSW #kapoorloot theaustralian.com.au/arts/vi…
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India's High Commissioner to Oz says India definately wants looted antiquities back @poetryinstone @chasingaphrodite theaustralian.com.au/arts/vi…
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The National Gallery of Australia is "investigating" photographic evidence showing Lion Lady sculpture was taken... fb.me/2jTzbWNh5
'I would rather see her lovely step and the motion of light on her face, than chariots of… instagram.com/p/BDfNGQlS1gd/
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First pictures from inside the recaptured city of Palmyra fb.me/Uw7yEwTN
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Advert alert! Paperback of SPQR out on 1 April; & then I'm gobsmacked to be getting Bodley Medal in Oxford on 5th. bit.ly/1RDeeOL
Lost in thought and remembrance of their past powers and glory. Greek and Roman gods, emperors… instagram.com/p/BDKqV4NS1hT/
Lovely to welcome @Ozartwriter to @NicholsonMuseum to talk new #Egypt exhibition #DeathMagic today. The first of many visits I hope :-)
