Last week D and I went to Kenilworth Castle as I was really wanted to see the Wicked Game Exhibition.
It was sunny when we arrived but that wasn't to last long! I've written about Kenilworth Castle many times so I won't go through all the history again.
Mortimer's Tower is in the foreground with the Great Tower or Norman keep behind.
Leicester's Gatehouse
Lunn's Tower
The kitchen with its oven and below a photo of some of the herringbone masonry.
The Great Hall
The Wicked Game exhibition by Lindsey Mendick, comprising a series of fragmented ceramic sculptures, aims to give a new perspective on Queen Elizabeth I's relationship with Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, and her strategies for maintaining authority at court. It re-examines the events of her nineteen day visit in July 1575 to Kenilworth from a female perspective. 2025 marks the 450th anniversary of her visit.
If you click on the photo below to enlarge it the information board gives far more information on the meaning of the sculptures and the exhibition.
I would have liked to spend far more time studying the sculptures but by now it had started to rain. We just made it to the stables for lunch before the rain became torrential!
The exhibition is open until the end of October so I might try and visit again on a day when there isn't constant showers!
All photos taken by me and my son with the Panasonic Lumix FZ330 bridge camera. (I don't particularly rate my photos but if anyone wishes to use one of mine or my son's I would be grateful for an email first - thanks).
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