Beatrix Potters Hill Top Farmhouse

On a recent trip to Ambleside, situated in the Lake District, we visited Beatrix Potter's 17th Century Hill Top Farmhouse. 

The property was purchased after the release and unprecedented success of her first book-The Tale of Peter Rabbit.

The Farmhouse was subsequently left in the hands of the National Trust in 1943 when Beatrix Potter passed away. 

You are initially invited down the garden path into a setting that will prove both evocative and somewhat surreal to any

admirer of Beatrix Potter's works. The vegetable garden will undoubtably rekindle childhood memories of mischievous

rabbits in little blue jackets bound for adventure. 

Hill Top remains lovingly and authentically the home of Beatrix Potter, a detailed time capsule of her life and works,

still brimming with personality. The hay meadows are dutifully managed, serving as a poignant reminder whilst similar

sites around the country are suffering degradation and decline.

Hill Top is a microcosm of agricultural, cultural and historical significance; fittingly and perhaps most importantly,

it remains a source of inspiration, a timeless classic.

It's worth mentioning that some of the products in the gift shop are exclusive to Hill Top and that purchases help to

conserve these wonderful and significant sites.

The Art of the Brick: DC Superheroes

Do you like Superheroes? LEGO®? Justifiable ‘selfie’ opportunities? 

If you answered yes to one or all of the above then you should probably visit The Art of the Brick: DC Superheroes 

exhibition at South Bank's Doon Street Car Park, London. Minutes away from Waterloo Station, the purpose built tent

houses a variety of DC’s finest heroes and villains.

The artworks are created by Nathan Sawaya, an award-winning artist who has meticulously crafted these ingenious

sculptures using only LEGO® bricks.

Sawaya evokes a sense of nostalgia in those familiar with DC Comics as well as a sense of excitement in children 

realising their favourite on-screen heroes. The true quality of the exhibition lies beyond the impressive representation

of the characters and is found in the meaningful substance behind many of the sculptures. 

The artwork explores a variety of themes from the symbiotic relationship between heroes and villains to the psychological 

implications of the origin events of certain characters.

The exhibition features a variety of famous fan favourites including, Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and The Flash

just to name a few. If you are nervously anticipating the Justice League movie released later this year then this exhibition

might help satisfy that superhero itch!