We trod the boards looking for the best in British culture and art
So, we visited the Ancient Roman Baths in Bath, England and it was a very fun day trip. Personally, the Roman Baths themselves were a little bit underwhelming, but I think that is mostly due to my already having visited them before with my parents a few years ago. They had not changed much, but …
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Yesterday we visited Bath, England, and I was quite surprised. This small area is about a 2 hour train ride away from our “home” in London. Off the back I got good vibes when we arrived because the exit had a huge Burger King ad on it. I knew then and there we were saved. …
Yesterday we took our first day trip out of the city, and our destination was the once Roman city of Bath. We took the tube to Paddington station where we unfortunately spent very little time, as we had to immediately attempt to board the train. I say attempt because we all had reserved seats, but …
A couple days ago we journeyed across the Thames to see the Globe’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and going into the show I had my doubts, but those were quickly proven wrong. I’m not the biggest Shakespeare guy, I find consuming his plays as literature to be a difficult experience, but I have …
The other day I went and visited the Tate Modern Art Museum in Southwark, London. Which is directly across the river from St. Paul’s Cathedral. The first thing I learned when entering the museum was that it used to be the Bankside Power Station. It generated electricity from 1891 to 1981. Thirteen years later, Swiss …
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Tate Modern The other day our group had the opportunity to visit the Tate Modern Art Museum–it was aight. I understand why some people are really against modern art but some of it was pretty cool. I was a fool who did not take any photos of the art plaques so I do not remember …
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Brittaney Mann My visit to the Tate Modern Museum on Monday was an experience that I wish I could describe, but honestly just like sitting in as I remember it. I really enjoy modern art — even the white canvas that had two drops of paint on it (that was probably my least favorite piece …
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream performed at Shakespeare’s Global Theatre is probably THE best straight play that I have ever seen. I absolutely adored every aspect of the show, and I had a huge grin on my face the entire time. I loved the acting in particular (and normally I am very nit-picky about acting), specifically …
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The past couple of days have been very eventful. Yesterday we went and visited the Tate Modern Museum. If I’m being honest, modern museums making me so mad. It’s always painting being displayed that I could’ve made. On a positive note I did see two pieces of artwork that really did enjoy. The first one …
(Edit: I wrote this post on Sunday night about those events, and I just wasn’t able to post it, so y’all are getting a double post today. Yay!) I’m not going to lie, the days are really starting to run together (in fact I completely typed up a blog I had already written about because …
Theatre in London U of A 