Kent is one of England’s most popular tourist hotspots with its wealth of castles, country houses, historic towns and seaside resorts. With the boom in staycations, I decided to take a road trip to discover some of its more unusual attractions, from miniature railways to a submarine adventure […]
Have you ever discovered something so weird and wonderful on your travels that you’ve had to pinch yourself? Jupiter Artland is a great destination which I found completely by accident. It’s a fantastic and unexpected place, full of surprises and strange discoveries. Jupiter has a dream-like quality – […]
It’s a remarkable sight. A hundred life-sized sculptures stretching along a sandy beach and into the sea as far as the eye can see. Welcome to Antony Gormley’s Another Place. This spectacular art work on Crosby beach in Liverpool is a sight to behold with its army of cast-iron figures looking out to sea. Staring out […]
Tammy digs deeper Do you dig contemporary art? If the answer is yes, then you’ll love a new art installation located in a subterranean basement on a building site in the heart of London. Dig is an ambitious presentation of artist Daniel Silver’s work in the former Odeon […]
The Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square is a London attraction that has the power to provoke strong reactions. Love it or loath it, there’s no doubt that the Plinth’s changing art works can either raise your spirits or provoke a scream of disgust as you walk on by! It’s […]
This week I found myself in Birmingham with a couple of hours to kill. Just one problem – it was one of those gloomy, wintery days in the city when everything looked greyer, colder and less inviting than usual. A wet and chilly February day in England’s second […]
Let’s start 2013 with a confession. I’m an art-o-holic. I love visiting art galleries and sculpture parks. I can’t get enough of them. One of my favourite artists is Antony Gormley who is renowned for his sculptures of human figures, often cast from his own body. January started […]
It was only a few years ago that I discovered that there is a growing tourist market for what is called ‘destination art’. You won’t find this type of art in a conventional gallery. It is generally large in scale and tends to be situated in the great outdoors […]
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