Monthly Archives: April 2014

Here are two pieces from a Wedgwood Travel pattern dinner service, designed by the British artist Eric Ravilious. They were first made during the 1930s. Ravilious was an artist who worked in watercolour and as a wood engraver. These plates … Continue reading →

This fashion shoot for American Vogue by Annie Leibovitz is based on Brief Encounter. I think I know what they were trying for; an emotional intensity…but I’m not sure that worked. More a Film Noir style, I think.

One of the great railway films is David Lean and Noel Coward’s Brief Encounter (1945). Brief Encounter is a 1945 British film directed by David Lean about British suburban life, centering on Laura, a married woman with children whose conventional … Continue reading →

Here is a terrific painting by the 20C American artist, Thomas Hart Benton. The painting is called The Sources of Country Music and dates from 1975. It was part of a grand scheme of murals that Benton produced for the … Continue reading →

Luton Model Railway Club have made a display of the Great Train Robbery (1963). Brilliant. The model is on show at various events throughout the summer. Alan Baines, our BAGD course leader, recently saw it at Alexandra Palace in London. … Continue reading →

Here are Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine in Alfred Hitchcock’s Suspicion (1941). A train, a suit and glamour. Perfect.

Here is a painting, by the British artist, Evelyn Dunbar, of a WW2 hospital train. I remember this painting from when I was very small, (it was illustrated in one of our books at home). I think I was fascinated … Continue reading →