Culture Vulture

Today Pheebs and I had a day in Manchester.

We started in the Whitworth Art Gallery where we very much enjoyed the exhibit of Richard Forster. He specialises in pencil on paper drawings.

When we saw this large triptych (5' x 3') we both assumed it was some low grade photographic reproduction. It shows three waves lapping up the beach at Saltburn. However, a check on the attached explanatory note, told us that it was pencil on paper. Stunning.

There were a fair few other images from Richard and if you're local I'd make an effort to go and have a look.

Here is Pheebs enjoying the view from the back window out over the park

Having been to the gallery a few times now, I think I visited a part I'd never been to before. I rather likes the view which made me think the abandoned bags looked echoed the fallen leaves outside.

Ok. Maybe not.

We then sashayed up Oxford Road to the Manchester Museum. We visited this because I thought there were would be material for Pheebs half term Art project about marine biology. And very nicely it turns out I was right. She produced a very nice lightning sketch of the sperm whale skeleton hanging in the natural history hall for use later on. We both took a few pictures of the other specimens in the display cases which she'll use for the project.

The museum, it being half term, was rammed, so we decided to hop on a bus and find somewhere else to eat. The main museum cafe looks like it is being renovated so options were limited.

I asked Pheebs where she fancied eating and she suggested the same place she ate with Caitlin yesterday, The Cosy Club. It's one of a number of new eateries in the Corn Exchange (the Triangle).

It has an olde-worlde gentlemen's club feel with terrible paintings and deer heads adorning the walls. We wondered whether there is a stock of these awful paintings, or whether art students are being paid to produce them as 'post modern' items.

Anyway, I had a very nice macaroni cheese with spinach, mushroom, and chorizo.

There were games provided and we had a game of draughts (checkers for my US readers) which ended in a draw.

A wander through the Northern Quarter and home. Tired.

Missing Gel who is in Coventry visiting her mum who has been having a hard time recently.