Summer Pleasures: Musical scales

27 Jul 2018: Until now, Thaddeus Lipinski is a name you would not have been aware of when you visit the Talbot catalogue raisonné and read the weekly blogs. Thaddeus has been instrumental in the initial appearance of the website, as well as helping to deliver the blog posts since the project launched three years ago (just think …

Summer Pleasures: Sundial, symmetry and Simmons

20 Jul 2018: Guest post by Simon Murison-Bowie In 1658 Sir Christopher Wren (1632–1723) — ‘the only All Souls genius’ according to John Simmons (of whom more in a minute) — designed a sundial which was installed centrally on the five-bay south-facing façade of All Souls college chapel. Accurate to the minute, it was used up until the …

Summer Pleasures: Victorian taste for Pineapples

13 Jul 2018: Guest post by Jaanika Vider To continue with the fruity theme started in last week’s Summer Pleasures, I will turn my attention to a more tropical species. For some weeks now, pineapples, which are native to South America, have piqued my interest. The initial fascination was triggered by a wonderful course taught at the Ashmolean …

Summer Pleasures: Cherry Ripe

6 Jul 2018: Summer is here, which means the days lengthen while the Talbot project blogs shorten. This, the first of the season’s “Summer Pleasures” has fallen to me, and I don’t mind telling you, the shorter format can be a bitter sweet experience for the author. Which Talbot photograph to write about this time, and what has …