Mr Russell wrote:
zaphod79 wrote:
Findus Fop wrote:
There's a
moomin exhibition at the southbank that I'm off to this weekend, will report back on what that's like, but it looks good.
That reads so much like something to catch a random roaming Mimi that I was not sure it was true until i clicked it - Russ if she's not seen it you'll want to make sure she knows its on
I have made her aware and it looks like we'll be going soon, thank you!
Reportage
It was lovely. Not quite what I was expecting. I was anticipating it being an opportunity to freely explore the forests and glaciers of Moominland. However, it was in fact a guided tour and biography for Tove Jansson, in a really cool setting. It's charmingly done and I found the tour genuinely interesting - Tove Jansson was a remarkable and bold person and the fact that almost every facet of the books are directly inspired by a part of her life is fascinating (e.g. Moomin Papa's gullibility is based on the fact her father was taken in by anti-Semitic arguments and became a Nazi-sympathiser.)
It only lasts 50 minutes which is about the right length of time.
If you can go during the week that's probably the ideal as it's inevitably pretty busy at the weekend.