Journey to the North Pole, in Cambridge.

Went to the Scott Polar Institute here in Cambridge. You can see records of these amazing voyages and read terrible stiff upper lip last letters from the crew and Scott himself as they froze to death in the bleak snow. oh, and Shakelton too.
Egad.



The place was full of old weird stuff, all quite aged and fascinating.




These things above, they had a huge case of them, were called scrimshaws and they had a beautiful folk quality- but scrim shaws? Who knows.



I always say that boots have a real narrative quality, much more than shoes. I felt fairly convinced of this by these babies.



And well this is just here as proof that you can find Inukshuks anywhere, even in Cambridge. These were made in Canada, 4 inches tall and cost $160.

Movie Nights

This past week has been an awesome opportunity for me to chill out with my buddy Chris and catch some fantastic films.

Such as the first film by Ridley Scott, the Duellists I thought the film was a fantastic glimpse into the Romantic period which made paintings like these by Gericault, the French artist and inspiration to the movement, come alive.




Tonight, as luck would have it, the Kubrick film, Barry Lyndon is playing so we get to see it on the big screen.

We also saw a few really hard to watch but fascinating films, Max and Conspiracy- both about behind the scene events in Nazi Germany.