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Maybe It’s Because I’m A Londoner
Covent Garden flower seller Peter Green on traditional trading and his Royal Warrant. Read my full Discover Britain interview here
Posted in Journalism
Tagged bouquet, buckingham palace, buy, covent garden, discover britain, florist, flower, history, king, london, magazine, market, my fair lady, peter green, queen, royal, royal warrant, seller, smith and green, things to do, tourism, tourist, trader, travel, windsor castle
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Maybe It’s Because I’m A Londoner
Doorman Michael O’Dowdall talks history, weddings and afternoon tea at The Ritz. Read my full Discover Britain interview here
Posted in Journalism
Tagged afternoon tea, dinner, discover britain, doorman, history, hotel, interview, london, magazine, rolls royce, the ritz, things to do, tourist, visit, wedding
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Tomorrow’s World
Three experts in studying the future share their wisdom. Read my full Oryx magazine article here
Posted in Art, Journalism
Tagged amsterdam, art, article, brazil, digital, exhibition, experience economy, flight, fly, future, futurist, futurologist, gallery, ian yeoman, jasper visser, museum, new zealand, oryx magazine, plane, qatar airways, ricardo piquet, rio, scotland, technology, the museum of tomorrow, tourism, tourist, travel, vissch+stam
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Over the sea to Skye
We follow the trail of Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites through the Highlands. Read my full Discover Britain magazine article here Buy a copy here
Posted in Journalism
Tagged battle of killiecrankie, bonnie prince charlie, carlisle castle, catholic, culloden, diana gabaldon, edinburgh, eriskay, exhibition, fort william, glenfinnan, history, holyrood palace, jacobite rising, jacobites, king, national museum of scotland, outer hebrides, outlander, rebellion, royal, scotland, scottish, skye, soldier's leap, stuart, the forty-five, the highlands, tourist, visit, war, west highland museum
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Maybe It’s Because I’m A Londoner
Daredevil Chelsea Pensioner Charmaine “Bimbo” Coleman shares her capital experience. Read my full Discover Britain article here
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Tagged army, battersea park, best, charmaine coleman, chelsea pensioner, discover britain, duke of edinburgh, eat, insider, interview, london, londoner, magazine, meal, military, picks, pie and mash, restaurant, royal, royal hospital chelsea, sightseeing, skydiving, soldier, tour, tourist, veteran, view, war, war horse
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Maybe It’s Because I’m A Londoner
Black cab driver Paul Kirby gives us an insider’s tour of the capital. Read my full Discover Britain article here
Posted in Journalism
Tagged big ben, black cab, celebrity, covent garden, discover britain, driver, great fire of london, houses of parliament, insider, interview, london, londoner, meal, passenger, pepys, picks, primrose hill, restaurant, shakespeares globe, southwark, st pauls, taxi, the shard, tour, tourist, view, waterloo bridge
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Constable Country
The artistic soul of Suffolk revealed, from Constable and Gainsborough’s home turf to historic treasures and contemporary inspirations. Read my full Discover Britain article here
Posted in Art, Journalism
Tagged aldeburgh, architecture, art, artist, best, constable, county, discover britain, do, eat, festival, framlingham castle, gainsborough, garden, guide, heritage, history, ipswich, lavenham, magazine, national trust, painter, painting, stately home, stay, suffolk, sutton hoo, tourist, visit, willy lotts house
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Beyond Bollywood, London Palladium
It seems almost redundant to critique a show that so ably – if unconsciously – critiques itself. “The power of Bollywood is it’s unique!” cries one character, before squandering that uniqueness in tired East/West fusion; and “Dance should have feeling!” … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged andrew lloyd webber, bbc, bbc young dancer, beyond bollywood, bollywood, bombay dreams, contemporary, dance, dancer, dancing, drama, dream, east, film, folk, fusion, germany, hip hop, india, indian, Irfan Siddiqui, jazz, london, london palladium, love, milistone, movie, mumbai, munich, music, poldark, Rajeev Goswami, review, romance, Salim-Sulaiman, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, tourist, travel, tv, west, west end
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See Rock City & Other Destinations
Shared yearning for a place to belong is not a revelatory concept, nor is it given new dimension in this gently saccharine piece, yet although the whistle-stop tour only covers familiar landmarks, the journey is a convivial one. Adam Mathias … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged alamo, america, broadway, coney island, gilbert and sullivan, glacier bay, history, landmark, london, music, musical, niagara falls, review, rock city, roswell, see rock city and other destinations, song, the mikado, theatre, tourist, travel, ufo, union theatre
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