Places of the mind: British watercolour landscapes 1850–1950

Minerva. Roman, 2nd century. “Found” on the Esquiline Hill. Helmet by Carlo Albacini 1783. British Museum.

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Grant Museum of Zoology

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While a student at the Slade, Augustus John would rip up and discard his sketches. Another student pulled them out of the trash and compiled albums out of the remnants. Weird; but weirder still, the albums are on display in the UCL Art Museum.

My pedestrian commute through central London often takes me across the UCL campus, where I always take a moment to say hello to Jeremy Bentham.

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Fortnum & Mason. Not coeliac safe, but awfully pretty.

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Found during renovations at the Tate.

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Original plan for Millbank Prison, now the site of Tate Britain. Panopticon, anyone?

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