The Box The Box | Tavistock Place | Plymouth | Devon PL4 8AX 01752 304774 Email Facebook Twitter Born Beryl Frances Lansley in Egham, Surrey in 1926, she would go on to produce an array of artworks full of larger than life characters that ‘ranged from stout lady bowlers goosing each other to middle-aged men in bikinisContinue reading “Beryl Cook OBE”
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Plymouth and Art
Today and tomorrow we’ll be looking at artists who were born or have worked in Plymouth. Today, we’ll be looking at Beryl Cook, Robert Lenkiewicz, Jack Pickup and Keith Harrison – artists from the city’s more recent past. You can hear Lenkiewicz and Cook in this clip from the city’s media archive. Tomorrow, we’ll beContinue reading “Plymouth and Art”
The Eddystone in art
The Box The Box | Tavistock Place | Plymouth | Devon PL4 8AX 01752 304774 Email Facebook Twitter Four lighthouses have stood on the Eddystone Reef. You can find great descriptions of each of them on the Trinity House website. Here are some more insights inspired by two historic paintings. Eddystone Lighthouse Painting This oilContinue reading “The Eddystone in art”
Lockyer Street Tavern
The Box The Box | Tavistock Place | Plymouth | Devon PL4 8AX 01752 304774 Email Facebook Twitter The Lockyer Street Tavern has been mentioned a few times in today’s posts about Plymouth’s LGBT history. According to the Queer Beyond London website: From the 1950s to the 1970s it was an important social space forContinue reading “Lockyer Street Tavern”
Plymouth History Festival 