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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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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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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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The art of living
Highlights of my February MoveTo Town and Country Arts page: Pick of the month: The special relationship Gain a new perspective on some of our most iconic buildings with Sir John Soane’s Museum’s behind-the-scenes look at architect/client relations Don’t miss: Play detective Can you spot … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Fiction, Journalism
Tagged app, architect, architecture, art, arts, book, british, building, candy crush, classical, client, commute, commuter, competition, doug fishbone, downing street, dulwich picture gallery, duolingo, elizabethan, exhibition, fake, gallery, gone girl, gothic, government, john soane, language, learn, london, made in china, moveto, museum, napoleon, old master, old royal navy college, painting, read, robert adam, sir john soanes museum, the girl on the train, town and country, travel, treasury, victorian, westminster hall, win, wren
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Lost in translation
Thirty years ago, Andy Warhol gathered together 300,000 disparate possessions in cardboard boxes, creating a makeshift time capsule for the edification of future generations. There is another time capsule of sorts playing at Richmond Theatre, where John Godber’s revival of … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged andy warhol, april in paris, comedy, competition, cost of living crisis, drama, eiffel tower, europe, european, ferry, france, groundhog day, holiday, housing market, hull, john godber, magazine, nigel farage, paris, play, review, richmond theatre, romcom, the wizard of oz, theatre, time capsule, travel, ukip, unemployment, whos afraid of virginia woolf, win
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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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