Wednesday, March 07, 2007
Support the William Morris Gallery
Earlier this week I learned that the London Borough of Walthamstow recently announced plans to cut back on staff and public access to the William Morris Gallery and museum. In response to protests and negative publicity for these changes the plans to eliminate weekday opening of the gallery have been modified. However, as far as I can ascertain, the plans to eliminate the curator functions and jobs are unchanged.
Personally I believe this to be a very short-sighted move on the part of the council and I feel that there must be ways of funding this resource which has value extending far beyond the museum or the Borough of Walthamstow. If anyone who reads this shares my view then I urge you to sign a petition in support of the Gallery. Modifications to the proposed cuts in opening times have shown that the Council is responsive to public pressure and so a strong international reaction against the curatorial staff cuts may lead to a rethinking of that part of the planned changes also.
Personally I believe this to be a very short-sighted move on the part of the council and I feel that there must be ways of funding this resource which has value extending far beyond the museum or the Borough of Walthamstow. If anyone who reads this shares my view then I urge you to sign a petition in support of the Gallery. Modifications to the proposed cuts in opening times have shown that the Council is responsive to public pressure and so a strong international reaction against the curatorial staff cuts may lead to a rethinking of that part of the planned changes also.
Monday, March 05, 2007
New Shop
This is just a very brief announcement that today I opened a new shop which offers a selection of poetry, prayers and scripture on tiles. It is called, appropriately enough, VerseTile
We have launched the poetry section with some brand new items featuring poems by Emily Dickinson to which we will soon be adding many more works by poets from both sides of the pond. In the prayer section you will find tiles and tile boxes with the Lord's Prayer, the Serenity Prayer and the St Francis Peace Prayer, some accompanied by an image of stained glass. Last, not least, the scripture section begins with quotations from both Old and New Testaments including the ever-popular 23rd and 121st psalms, Jesus The Good Shepherd, the parable of the good Samaritan and Micah 6:8.
We have launched the poetry section with some brand new items featuring poems by Emily Dickinson to which we will soon be adding many more works by poets from both sides of the pond. In the prayer section you will find tiles and tile boxes with the Lord's Prayer, the Serenity Prayer and the St Francis Peace Prayer, some accompanied by an image of stained glass. Last, not least, the scripture section begins with quotations from both Old and New Testaments including the ever-popular 23rd and 121st psalms, Jesus The Good Shepherd, the parable of the good Samaritan and Micah 6:8.
Labels: Emily Dickinson, gifts, Lord's Prayer, poetry, prayers, scripture, Serenity Prayer, St Francis Prayer, tiles
