Great feature by @Chiswick_Bridge@TheChiswickCal about @OlympiaAuctions online sale of John Osborne’s pictures, posters & memorabilia. Osborne was living on a houseboat in Chiswick in the 1950s when Look Back In Anger made him famous. https://t.co/rz2xYmT0QO. @bethmchattie
Sir Simon Jenkins 'Englands 1000 Best Churches' celebrates churches as monuments to everyday people. To hear the author revisit the question “Church Buildings in Crisis - What Can We Do?” join us on 24th Oct in London for our annual lecture. Book now: https://t.co/C6Ji3To2eU
I've spent today among #JohnOsborne's books, photos, posters, awards, diaries, hat, scarves and teddies, everything that surrounded him at The Hurst where he lived until he died in 1994. The @OlympiaAuctions sale is redolent of him and his world. https://t.co/T0jX3UlS4c
A remarkable Auction View opens tomorrow -Sunday at noon. See C20th art in From the Studio: Works from 17 Artists’ Estates as well as the very special Iolo Williams Watercolours & Drawings Collection. Come & meet our top specialists who will share your enthusiasms.
Set my record today with over 6000 words across the Mail, Express and Mirror about this revolutionary moment in mental health. Imminent Mental Health Act reform gives the chance of switching from an illness to a recovery model. My new book, Your Journey Your Way, explains how.
Meet Josef Huber, our new 20th Century Design expert, whose sale is on 16 October. “I’m delighted to be adding Design to the many specialist areas at Olympia Auctions & am looking forward to getting to know the interior designers & residents of this special part of London.”
Come and meet our friendly experts at Olympia Auctions. Bring your treasured possessions for free valuations – jewellery, silver, watches, paintings, sculpture, ceramics, C20th design - or photos of things you can’t carry. 📸📸📸. Call us for more information 020 7806 5541
So many new developments look behind the times before they’re even built -concrete dystopias in a world that wants community and nature. Let’s stop this being another- Sign the Petition! https://t.co/QhPVXzPqbM via @UKChange
Ages since I’ve been to anything like a country fair so I’m looking forward to this one organised by the extraordinarily talented and energetic @TorinDouglas - as if Chiswick Lit Fest wasn’t enough!
We are really looking forward to the @BedfordParkFest on Saturday 8th June opening at 11am. Lots of lovely stalls to visit. Come & find us for free antiques/pictures valuations (11am-2pm) and play our Guess the Estimate & Guess the Date game. Prizes awarded 🏆🏆💥💥
The Indian, Islamic, Himalayan and South East Asian Art including Greek & Roman Antiquities Auction takes place tomorrow, Wednesday 5 June at 11am BST. Delighted that this amazing large Qajar circular tile, Persia, c1880-1890 (Lot 64), is in The Times online today, & The Guardian
It’s not just the carpets that are magical, it’s Arthur Milner, extraordinary expert at @OlympiaAuctions and one of the nicest people to talk to if you don’t know very much about Indian art but want to learn more.
Arthur Millner checking on the exhibition set up of the Indian, Islamic, Himalayan and South-East Asian Art Works of Art opening this Sunday at 12 noon. Come and see this extraordinarily beautiful Auction View. The sale takes place on Wednesday 5 June.
In The Times online today. These beautifully painted heads are coming up in the European Objects & Works of Art auction on Thursday 23 May. They are also sometimes described (erroneously) as depicting Rembrandt's parents.
We are open from 10am-5pm today.