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Art attack
“Overwhelming” was how I described my first visit to the Musée du Louvre more than twenty years ago; “ordeal” was the word used by its...

Chris Rogers
Jan 284 min read


Brit wit
If, like me, you remember from your younger years the mesmerising Newton’s Cradle; a foot-long plastic matchstick concealing a lighter;...

Chris Rogers
Dec 31, 20244 min read


Location, location, location
As my interest in and knowledge of film and architecture have grown, I’ve become more and more absorbed by how backlot sets and actual...

Chris Rogers
Dec 15, 20243 min read


Two households, both alike in dignity
If you know where and how to look in London today, there isn’t much that separates the present from the past. Stand in Piccadilly, just...

Chris Rogers
Dec 7, 20246 min read


Une étoile is born
Thirty years ago today, a shiny new British Rail Class 373 electric train left Waterloo station in London. Thirty years ago today, a...

Chris Rogers
Nov 14, 20243 min read


The Justus league
Who created this unsigned painting of the Communion of the Apostles, which dates from the late 15th century and was made for the ducal...

Chris Rogers
Nov 11, 20246 min read
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