A London Voyage (Pic heavy)

[TakMan]

Just back from a busy few days in London with the wife...

Zoo on Saturday and then off to Pudding Mill Lane on Sunday to enjoy the ABBA Voyage concert at 1pm, which I have to say was really excellent.... like they were on stage, which of course is the whole point of the experience!

https://lightroom.uk/whats-on/the-moonwalkers/

Today, Monday, I'd already booked tickets to 'The Moonwalkers' show at Lightroom (From Apollo to Artemis), a short walk behind the back of Kings Cross station. Located in a very nicely rejuvenated region (like a posher Gas Street Basin in Birmingham).

Believe the show's run has been extended, so if you're in the area, something else highly recommended - we both found it quite moving.

The Official Trailer is Here (48seconds):

Even managed a visit afterwards (well, I went up to reception), to Central Saint Martins arts college (somewhere I wasn't good enough to consider going many moons ago - I did Bournville instead, behind the Cadbury factory), that is on the same site plus a very reasonably priced coffee and cake... amongst academia!

Then we paid a visit (the wife wanted to go) to the British Library... where I also found some astro related items:

So first we have an early photo of the moon... very apt I feel, from 1857:

Next, a beautifully designed Book of the Moon from 2018

A 1794 letter from Caroline Herschel... I found the last paragraph particularly amusing... where she complains that she hasn't had many clear nights to observe - we hear you Caroline !

And last, A medieval medical text 'A Zodiac Man'...

Hope that was enjoyable.... not a bad haul while the wife was browsing!

Damian

 

 

 

Edited March 25 by TakMan

[mikeDnight]

I'm farely confident they still use that medical textbook at Blackburn Royal Hospital. 

[JeremyS]

I popped into the RAS library this week and viewed one of Caroline Herschel’s observing log books from the 1780s

[Richard N]

6 minutes ago, JeremyS said:

I popped into the RAS library this week and viewed one of Caroline Herschel’s observing log books from the 1780s

Are they digitised and available online?