V&A treasures

Yesterday I made a visit to the Victoria and Albert Museum. They had a large exhibition, The cult of beauty which was devoted to the Aesthetic movement of the late nineteenth century and included material by and about the Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood. There were some extraordinarily beautiful objects on display, and some not so. Gilbert and Sullivan were not forgotten with a couple of references to Patience and the Grosvenor Gallery, where much of the new art of the time was exhibited - thus Bunthorne sings: "a greenery-yallery, Grosvenor Gallery, foot in the grave young man".

After the exhibition I had  lunch in the courtyard before exploring the rest of the museum. One high point was the theatrical exhibit on the top floor with some fascinating material, including film clips of various notable London theatrical production of the last couple of decades.

The weather is finally starting to warm again, no rain yesterday and none tipped for today, in fact today's predicted top is 23C.