I don't go to the Victoria & Albert Museum very often - but every time I do I love it and promise to go back. It is a completely mad place.
The general collection can best be described as eclectic - from huge rooms which contain the sort of thing a slightly eccentric uncle collected over the years, to fine pieces of intricate metalwork.
The general collection can best be described as eclectic - from huge rooms which contain the sort of thing a slightly eccentric uncle collected over the years, to fine pieces of intricate metalwork.
Sculpture mixes with P Diddy designed clothing, and in the 1980s section you can get reacquainted with things you used to have in the house as a kid but are now in the great rubbish dump in the sky.Even the stairways have beautiful ceramic work holding up the banisters.
Off course, being a slightly strange pace it is wonderful for people watching. Londoners enjoying a local treasure, locals from Brompton popping in to use the cafe, bemused tourists, and a higher than I'd expect number of young Bridget Jones types out with their 'gay best friend' - though that's probably due to the current Kylie exhibition.
A fascinating way to while away a couple of hours.
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