Experiences Archives - WIKI LOVES MONUMENTS UK https://dev.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/category/experiences The UK home of the world's largest photo competition Fri, 01 Nov 2019 08:27:53 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://dev.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/cropped-WLM_United_Kingdom.svg-1-32x32.png Experiences Archives - WIKI LOVES MONUMENTS UK https://dev.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/category/experiences 32 32 Picturing Scotland https://dev.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/picturing-scotland Wed, 12 Sep 2018 15:04:59 +0000 https://dev.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/?p=1427 Picturing Scotland with Wiki Loves Monuments By Sara Thomas, Scotland Programme Coordinator at Wikimedia UK and formerly Wikimedian in Residence at Museums Galleries Scotland.  In 2015-16 I was the Wikimedian in Residence for Museums Galleries Scotland, training museum staff to edit Wikipedia, and generally being enthusiastic about open knowledge to anyone who would listen.  These […]

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]]> “Am I a Monument?” https://dev.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/am-i-a-monument Sat, 08 Sep 2018 17:28:29 +0000 https://dev.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/?p=1402 Some fun for the weekend. Play the classic 1950s get-together game Am I a Monument? – the “delightful thawing game”. Guess the monument that’s been pinned to your back by asking the other players yes/no questions such as “Am I a bridge?” A bargain at only one shilling-and-tuppence three-farthing (including tax). Endless fun to be […]

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]]> From beginner to prize winner in a few months https://dev.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/beginner-prize-winner-months Fri, 15 Sep 2017 10:39:54 +0000 https://dev.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/?p=1075 In October 2013, I received an unexpected email. A photo I had taken of the Albert Memorial and submitted to Wiki Loves Monuments UK had placed in the Top Ten as a Highly Commended photo. I was shocked. Never in a million years had I expected one of the four photos I had submitted to […]

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]]> Special photos and Open House https://dev.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/special-photos-open-house Fri, 08 Sep 2017 11:32:18 +0000 https://dev.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/?p=1046 The Royal Albert Hall is best known for hosting the “BBC Proms”, a summer festival of classical music concerts. Opened in 1871, it stands 83m wide by 72m deep and 41m high, with capacity for over 5000 guests. As fitting for Victorian Britain, the hall is ornately decorated, with red and gold the dominant colours. […]

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]]> Mythology and Landscape https://dev.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/mythology-and-landscape Sun, 03 Sep 2017 17:49:46 +0000 https://dev.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/?p=915 They say every picture tells a story… well, this is mine. It’s about the relationship between myth and landscape and my connection with a 5,000 year-old cromlech (or dolmen) in Britain that goes by two names; Bwrdd Arthur (‘Arthur’s Table’) and Gwâl y Filiast (‘Lair of the Greyhound Bitch’). I first visited the cromlech one fine […]

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