Back in early January 2014 we tackled New Year Resolutions from a physical fitness point of view (clickHERE to view last January's archive).
In 2015 we're addressing another popular January promise:this year I will do more culture!
Well we're always pleased to help here at The DC. This January will be dedicated to pointing London Walkers and Daily Constitutionalists in the direction of LONDON'S BEST MUSEUMS.
We've canvassed the London Walks guides, asking them to nominate their desert island museum and we'll be posting their responses throughout the month.
As usual, you are more than welcome to join in! Get in touchvia Facebook, orTwitteror viathe usual email address.
The Daily Constitutional Editor Adam selects The Cartoon Museum in Little Russell Street…
I love the Cartoon Museum in Bloomsbury. Tucked away in Little Russell Street near the British Museum, the Cartoon Museum receives very little funding, yet manages to sustain a vivid, rolling programme of exhibitions covering everything from The Beano to William Hogarth.
Indeed the current exhibition is William Hogarth's London, which closes on the 18th of this month (January 2015) and will be followed from the 21st January with an exhibition featuring the work of Mark Boxer (Marc) journalist, editor and political cartoonist. Then in March we'll all have the great pleasure of Heckling Hitler, with the focus on the cartoons of World War Two. More info here: www.cartoonmuseum.org/exhibitions
There are originals from Charles M Schultz and Doonesbury creator G.B Trudeau on display (I'm told that Trudeau dropped off the originals in person one day, traveling incognito - he enjoyed a mooch around the collection first (as a paying customer!); artists from George du Maurier to Gillray are also represented in the permanent collection alongside such diverse contemporary figures as Posy Simmonds (Tamara Drewe, Gemma Bovary) and Alan Moore (V For Vendetta, From Hell).
There are workshops for kids and courses for adults, too. The peerless Steve Marchant will be running his Cartooning For Beginners Course again this year, with only 15 places available – book now!
On the fundraising front, the bold Edward Preston is running in the London Marathon to raise funds for the Cartoon Museum and you can sponsor him here: www.cartoonmuseum.org/get-involved/london-marathon.
There's a great bookshop, events and talks from the likes of Martin Rowson and no corporate coffee concession stinking the place up.
And I hear that there may even be a ghost on the premises, too.
Crikey!
Make it your new year resolution to get down to Little Russell Street to the small, but perfectly formed, Cartoon Museum.
NB We're currently working our way through our Cartoon & Comic Book Tour of London here on The Daily Constitutional and The Cartoon Museum will feature as a stopping point on that series too. Catch up with our earlier posts on Hogarth, Scooby Doo, Private Eye and Orbital Comics.
www.cartoonmuseum.org
Here's how to find The Cartoon Museum…
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