vivdunstan: Portion of a 1687 testament of ancestor James Greenfield in East Lothian (historical research)
Been having a bit of a time travelling afternoon, rediscovering a whole load of bumf from the SHARP Antwerp book history conference I spoke at in 2014. I even found my husband's lanyard with wifi details on the back! He was accompanying me, free, as my wheelchair pusher/helper. Happy memories.

I gave a talk about Doctor Who and its fanzines, which was very well received, and entertained the audience immensely. Otherwise I slept a lot, on alternate days, and saw a bit of the conference, and some of Antwerp. Martin explored while I was sleeping. My over riding memory is of old buildings and cobbles. The latter are not fun in a not high tech manual wheelchair! But we had a marvellous time.
vivdunstan: Part of own photo taken in local university botanic gardens. Tree trunks rise atmospherically, throwing shadows from the sun on the ground. (Default)
I've just started reading The Art Thief by Michael Finkel about a particularly prolific thief of Renaissance paintings and other art works. The first theft of his that the book describes was the 1997 theft of an ivory sculpture of Adam and Eve from the Rubenshuis in Antwerp. Martin went there when we were in Antwerp for me to attend a book history conference in 2014. He was pushing me around the conference in my wheelchair, but exploring the city alone when I was having my rest days in between. And he got to Rubenshuis. And yes, he photographed that stolen item! It had been returned to the museum after the theft some years earlier. Small world.

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vivdunstan: Part of own photo taken in local university botanic gardens. Tree trunks rise atmospherically, throwing shadows from the sun on the ground. (Default)
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