Julie Sanders

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Vice-Chancellor & Principal Royal Holloway University of London. Trustee of London Higher and Board member for Universities UK, Advisory Board member HEPI. Hopeless optimist. Treading gently. Views my own.

A late summer evening - the sun is bright above the parched looking South Quad at Royal Holloway University with one of its spectacular towers visible and many graduation guests gathered to applaud their graduates following group photos
View of a curved brick path and a brick crinkle crackle style wall waving like a serpent - a cafe area with people under a shaded roof can be seen. It is a bright summer’s day.. the lawns look parched from a long period without rain.
Image through a sash window of graduates in black gowns and mortar hoods processing towards a photo shoot after their ceremony. Trees can be seen in the background and it is a light summer evening.
Two full grown white pelicans stand with a large pelican chick whose feathers are black in the shade of a tree
Shows a curved form by Barbara Hepworth. The outer is white the inner is light blue and there are red strings stretched in tension across it. The sculpture is on display in an art gallery and other works can be seen in the distance on the wall.
A mural Comprised of multiple squares and rectangles depicting details of a series of Frida Kahlo paintings is visible including Frida in a floral headdress, a cat, a spider monkey and an insect as well as plant life is placed onto the brick wall by Blackfriars bridge where buskers often perform. Greens pinks and blacks predominate in the colour scheme
Late summer evening view of St Paul’s and the associated skyline from Waterloo Bridge. The sky is blue with clouds. The Thames is relatively still with boat traffic visible
FOunders East on Royal Holloway’s Egham campus in its notable orange and white brick is visible in the picture along with trees and a double rainbow
Small clouds across a blue and then increasingly pink and red sky
The London Eye can be seen - it is dusk and there is a particular quality of light. Through the wheel an almost full moon is visible. Buildings along the south bank are lit with pink and purple lights.
The stage is empty following a performance of Mass at the Donmar Warehouse. A room set out for a meeting of 4 people with table and chairs can be seen
Image from a sunny street of the outside of The Ambassdors Theatre in London with the poster for the show 1536 in branded purple and with an image of three women performers clearly visible. A few people are getting in line to enter the theatre
A small slip of paper carries the signature of the artist zurbaran and the date of commotion and appears pn a vivid red umber background This is a detail from a far larger image
Back of a Globe Theatre programme in a number shade with white text on it declaring “are we all met?” A quote from act 3 of A Midsummer Night’s dream
Image shows a pigeon resting on the edge of a bridge - in the distance can be seen a bridge and a red london bus going over it. The sky is the brightest blue with no clouds
An arch frames a view of a 12th century portico with an angle clearly visible - the stone is light coloured against the teal blue of the door.
A large group of people are gathered to watch the sunset between two headlands and over a stretch of calm water.
A group of spectators have gathered in a section of the National Gallery to watch a profane by a group of Royal Holloway students in front of early modern paintings . The red wall and multiple hanging pictures can be seen as well as the ornate white roof
Three purple and white chequerboard snakeshead fritillaries in bright green grass and caught by morning sunlight
Image shows two small square ish ceramic dishes each is white porcelain with blue decoration and the tiniest hint of brown. The first shows a person cross legged in a blue kimono eating noodles from a brown bowl with chopsticks. The second shows the same person still cross legged but with bowl now fully to face to finish off the broth with the chopsticks dealt held to the side.
Vivid red sunset over a silhouetted building with many towers and turrets
Sunrise can be seen through bare winter trees. There is an orange glow and a trace of frost on the grass and balustrades that frame the scene
founders building at Royal Holloway university in silhouette against a night sky. The lights of the chapel can be seen through the huge arched windows and the clock tower gleams out
Cover of Textile Shakespeare by Hester Lees Jeffries showing a sample of material in close up. The colours are cream and grey predominantly
Image shows a knitted post box topper decorated with white and red poppies and the message “We Will Remember Them”
Cover image of Patrick Cheney Placing Elysiam in Renaissance Britain book published by Oxford university Press
View coming out of Bank station, early evening in autumn. Passers by have umbrellas up due to the rain and the evening lights are coming on providing a contrast with the waning daylight.
Meditations in an emergency Cameron Awkward-Rich I wake up & it breaks my heart. I draw the blinds & the thrill of rain breaks my heart. I go outside. I ride the train, walk among the buildings, men in Monday suits. The flight of doves, the city of tents beneath the underpass, the huddled mass, old women hawking roses, & children all of them, break my heart. There’s a dream I have in which I love the world. I run from end to end like fingers through her hair. There are no borders, only wind. Like you, I was born. Like you, I was raised in the institution of dreaming. Hand on my heart. Hand on my stupid heart.
The pavilion is a series of arched panels letting the light in with sections open to the weather. A ginkgo tree is placed at the centre. people can be seen sitting at the edges and also standing and buying coffee at the far end of the structure. It is a cloudy day and the sky is visible in the open sections
Small detail of painting by Emily Kam Kngwarray with brown white grey and pinkish dots creating lines and networks and in some instances depicting the three toed emu foot
Picture of ripening cider apples in bright sunshine with text saying Open Day at Wilding Cider in Somerset - Magical Day in Every Sense
The so-called Buck Moon rising in Surrey on the edge of London. It is a striking orange red colour as it rises up above greenery …
View of Colussus a large white polar bear mascot through a sash window. Some trees and balustrades can be seen behind
Large puppet elephant manouvered by several puppeteers makes a stately procession out of the Olympic Park beside people buying ice creams and coffee from stalls.
A sustainably made cardboard covered gorilla puppet worked by two human puppeteers dressed in black appears caught in torchlight by a tree.
A sustainably made cardboard covered Kudu puppet worked by a team of puppeteers dressed in black appears in front of The Buck’s Head pub on Camden High Street. It is a sweltering hot summer’s afternoon. A crowd has gathered to watch.
Sustainably made cardboard covered gorilla puppet - facilitated by three humans - looks out with deep black eyes
Spray painted wall showing a skeleton wearing a crown pushing up out of the ground. The reference is to King Richard III whose remains were uncovered in the city just a few years ago. The colours are pink, orange and yellow.
Purple East Midlands Railway mascot by a Ticket sign …
View of Founders Building at Royal Holloway University from the roof terrace of the Emily Wilding Davison building. It is a sunny day and there are clouds in the blue sky. Grassed area, a small or faced and the main square are all visible with Open Day activities
Early morning view of the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben … it is a sunny morning. Westminster Bridge is unusually quiet as it is 7.30am …
Yellow and red vinyl single of Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys’ song God only Knows
Picture shows a board pointing guests to the Student Awards. It is the North quad of Founders Building at Royal Holloway University so behind the grass and statues and one of the main towers is clearly visible. It is early evening and still light.
A woodland glade in morning sunlight with several tall pink foxgloves flowering.
A white egret, its golden feet and black legs clearly visible and its white tufted head feathers blowing in the breeze is fishing in very shallow waters and has a small silver fish in its beak.
View from the back passage of wooden steps to middle gallery seating at The globe Theatre London. The stage can be partially seen dressed for a production of The Crucible with wood used to suggest wooden housing and other effects to suggest fields beyond. It is the interval so a few red cushions can also be seen scattered on the wooden audience seating.
The brick tower of Tate Modern can be seen against a blue sky. Wording on the building saying “Free and Open to All” is also clearly visible. In front is a mass of late spring greenery - lots of shades of green, yellow and lilac can be seen. It is a very sunny day.
Image of the courtyard at Somerset House London on a blue sky spring day. Hand dyed fabrics of shades of red blow in the wind as part of an installation about the salt hedge imposed by British colonialism in India.
A view of sunset behind the millennium bridge London - stretching over a relatively calm Thames. The orange glow is offset by blue of the water and upper levels of skyline. Some pedestrians can be seen both on the sidewalk and the bridge.
Detail of a Noah Davis painting showing two young women sleeping on a sofa, their limbs languorously displayed and their heads on cushions and pillows. The image is a blend of whites, browns, pinks and beiges.
Natural Gulal colours for Holi celebrations - bright yellow and bright green sachets can be seen in the picture
A deep orange sunset over the sea with a ballon monkey seeming to fly past the setting sun.
Carved tiger face with yellow with black painted stripes and pink featuring around the mouth
white Polar bear mascot dancing in a crowd of students with lit buildings behind.
A clump of pale lemon primroses with bright green leaves visible against leaf mould. A tree stump in the background.
Lord Simon Woolley speaks at a lecture podium with the Royal Holloway University of London logo on it and behind him a banner declaring For What Matters
Clump of snowdrops in a woodland lit by morning sunlight.
View of dome of St Paul’s between tower blocks taken by night from the Barbican Centre in London.