Love
Romantics, Reformers & Revolutionaries 01
Monarchs, Middling People & Mozart
The era of romantics and revolutionaries is also all about the continuing themes from ancient Greece and Rome for that of liberty, religion and justice. It certainly must have been wonderful to be there when, on June 19th 1764 the remarkable child prodigy from Austria 8 year old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart gave a concert in London playing his own compositions on the harpsichord and organ.
St John’s Rose at Brisbane – Planted by an Optimist
The Rose, delicate and ephemeral, represents the frailty of the body and the transitory nature of human life. The rose chosen for the gardens of St. John’s Cathedral at Brisbane to celebrate its completion is a rich red rose….the rose triumphant.
Love Jewellery – Romantics to Retro
Mrs. Wallis Simpson, later the Duchess of Windsor, was an enthusiast of jewellery, fashion and the prevailing modern style. The stunning jewellery fashioned for her by Cartier, Van Cleef and Arpels, Belperron and Harry Winston and given to her in love by her Prince, King, or was it a Duke, inscribed ‘My Wallis from her David’ says it all. What more could any woman want than a man who would give up being a King for love.