@daniellismore in conversation with @hilaryalexanderobe at the @vamuseum promises to be - like anything connected to Daniel Lismore - an unmissable event to remember. For Daniel is a #trueeccentric with all that entails. Cutting a line of his own as all the #mayfaireccentrics of #history who, through their art & daring, put the Great into Britain. From #QueenMarieDeMedici who discovered & popularised opera & transformed #StJames'sPalace into a #salon for the arts & eccentrics in 1638 before being robbed & exiled by #Cromwell to die a pauper in the artist #Rubens Studio #AphraBehn who led a slave rebellion in the West Indies in 1650's then wrote the world's first novel & had more plays produced in the #WestEnd than #Dryden #IgnatiusSancho Who born a slave on a slave boat died a famous #Mayfair #Dandy; having composed the musical backdrop to #Regencyballs, & the great #OscarWilde who exposed how vulnerable Eccentrics truly are. Cutting a line of one's own as #LordBerners & even #HRHPrincePhilip would all attest exposes one to mockery intolerance bigotry & sneers. The eccentric club can ban @DanielLismore @tyneoconnell et all from their club but they cannot erase Daniel's place in the illustrious line of men & women of #eccentricity - & we are blessed indeed to have @daniellismore in our lives! Who better than the magnificent Hilary Alexander OBE to explore his #sartorial & artistic vision in the splendour of the @vamuseum (at The London EDITION)
