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Gladstone’s Library – A library with rooms

Posted on April 19, 2022 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 4 minutes
Lucy Simmonds

Reichenau

Posted on January 13, 2022 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time less than 1 minute
Great Libraries It's important to think libraries Venice

The Armenian Island in Venice – San Lazzaro degli Armeni…

Posted on July 19, 2020 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 23 minutes
art gallery Bizarre History It's important to think Italy Short Stories The Grand Tour

Italy – enchanted gardens story-telling and survival…

Posted on March 16, 2020 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 14 minutes
Book Review Did you know? Hidden Italy It's important to think Short Stories Sicily Tales from Italy

Palermo, Sicily – discovering the unknown unknown…

Posted on August 11, 2019 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 10 minutes
Bizarre History Did you know? Great Libraries It's important to think Short Stories

A Library is a Sanatorium for the Mind

Posted on June 30, 2018 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 8 minutes
England It's important to think Janet's Story Short Stories

Oxford – A series of unexpected events…

Posted on March 10, 2017 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 8 minutes
Did you know? England Great Libraries It's important to think Janet's Story

Oxford – this is Oxford

Posted on February 9, 2017 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 9 minutes
Bizarre History Great Libraries It's important to think Janet's Story

Sanatorium for the Mind – Gladstone’s Library, Wales

Posted on July 20, 2015 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 16 minutes
grand tourist Great Libraries It's important to think Switzerland The Alps

St Gallen – Switzerland a Baroque Library

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 18 minutes
Artisans England London

The 90 year old book-seller

Posted on November 19, 2014 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 8 minutes
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Discovering the Lagoon of Venice with Grand Tourist @educatedtraveller everything starts with a map - maps of Italy, maps of mountains, maps of coastlines, always maps….. The Guggenheim, Venice is getting ready for ‘The Making of a Collector’ exhibition opening 25th April. The focus is on Peggy’s gallery in Cork St, London 1938-39 ’ w/ the highly competent curator Grazina Subelyte at the helm it’ll be a goody!  Details in bio! wp.me/p5eFNn-atG Peggy Guggenheim - The Making of a Collector opens on 25th April in Venice A day in the library reading about Trieste and Italian literature - loving Micol Brusaferro and Chiara Gily on the differences between Triestini and Napoletani - adoro la scrittura di Chiara Gily - Napoletana ma abita a Trieste. Lei ha un nuovo libro adesso - non vedo l’ora di leggerlo ‘Aspettami al Caffè Napoli’ al’ ombra di Pino Daniele….. sono un po’ behind the times qui in Inghilterra! Ozymandias - A poem by Shelley - well worth a careful read Getting ready for the Venice Biennale - opening on Saturday, 9th May, 2026 The power of words fm heroic Byron,
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