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6:00 AM May 13, 2021
A major exhibition of sculptures by Sir Tony Cragg opens at Houghton Hall. Lord David Cholmondeley of Houghton Hall (left) and Sir Tony Cragg (right).
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Sir Tony Cragg s uniquely organic sculptures sit in the landscaped grounds of Houghton Hall, so alien to the Palladian architecture, yet so in sync with the vista on which they sit; the sculpture almost looks as if it is misbehaving , he says.
The works, some of which have never been on show before, dot around the vast grounds and interior of the Hall in graceful harmony with each other, as Sir Tony becomes the sixth contemporary artist to show at Houghton since 2015, succeeding artists such as Damien Hirst and Anish Kapoor.
The 93rd Academy Awards tomorrow night with crowds of A-listers making their way up the red carpet in the late afternoon Los Angeles sunshine and then celebrating late into the night at the iconic Vanity Fair party would usually be expected to provide a much-needed shot of glamour for the world.
But this Sunday’s Oscars might as well be renamed the Odd-scars.
For what is planned is a pared-back, part-virtual version of the ceremony in three different countries, with partying banned and a distinctly dour selection of nominated films to boot.
Factor in a frazzling time-zone difference the ceremony starts at 5pm on Sunday U.S. time so it will be after 1am on Monday in the UK before a single envelope is opened and you have a recipe for a £29 million night which may make history for all the wrong reasons, as ALISON BOSHOFF explains . . .
Frank Judd, Lord Judd of Portsea, in the garden at his home in Thackthwaite, near Lorton, Cockermouth; Monday 21st June 2010: PAUL JOHNSON 50007138T000.JPG. FORMER Cumbrian MP Sir Tony Cunningham has paid a warm tribute to his friend, the former minister and Labour peer Frank Judd. Lord Judd, who lived in the Lorton Valley, was a former director of Oxfam and had an abiding and lifelong interest in international development. He was also a keen supporter of Friends of the Lake District. He served as the group’s president between 2005 and 2012. Speaking this week, Sir Tony recalled how he had been a young man working in Africa with Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO) when he first met Lord Judd, at that time the organisation’s leader. “He was an inspiration to a lot of people,” said Sir Tony.
Frank Judd, Lord Judd of Portsea, in the garden at his home in Thackthwaite, near Lorton, Cockermouth; Monday 21st June 2010: PAUL JOHNSON 50007138T000.JPG. FORMER Cumbrian MP Sir Tony Cunningham has paid a warm tribute to his friend, the former minister and Labour peer Frank Judd. Lord Judd, who lived in the Lorton Valley, was a former director of Oxfam and had an abiding and lifelong interest in international development. He was also a keen supporter of Friends of the Lake District. He served as the group’s president between 2005 and 2012. Speaking this week, Sir Tony recalled how he had been a young man working in Africa with Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO) when he first met Lord Judd, at that time the organisation’s leader. “He was an inspiration to a lot of people,” said Sir Tony.