Fine Art in Food at The Rosewood Hotel: One of my first jobs in London was based on High Holborn so I remember when The Rosewood Hotel was home to Pearl Assurance Company. I had a definite case of Office Envy – I did work in Financial Services but our location was nothing like as opulent. Designed […]
In Bruges – A Medieval City and Much More
A Short Break to Bruges, Belgium: Despite working in Brussels for 9 months, despite knowing that Bruges was my mother’s favourite city in Europe and despite not having been there since I was eight years old, somehow as an adult I’ve never quite managed to get on the train and visit Bruges in Belgium. Obstinacy […]
Six of the Best and more – Norfolk Art Experiences
A Norfolk Retrospective and New Discoveries at Congham Hall: The only part of my childhood where our family stopped travelling for a while, Norfolk has a fond place in my heart. Much of the coastline is stunning (even in the pouring rain!) with cliffs, rock pools, sand dunes and wide open beaches. Hunstanton, where I […]
Picasso: Minotaurs and Matadors
REVIEW OF PICASSO: MINOTAURS AND MATADORS. Guest Post by Deborah Tarrant: Set in the modern gallery space of the Gagosian, tucked away in a corner of Mayfair, the exhibition, in partnership with the artist’s grandson, Bernard Ruiz-Picasso, examines the intersection of Picasso’s bullfighting imagery with his mythological and biographical compositions of the 1930s. There are also […]
A Peek at Paris – Musée d’Orsay
Paris, so the saying goes, is always a good idea. Especially if you happen to have a voucher for a free Eurostar ticket in leisure premium no less… The last time I was in Paris, I had intended to revisit Musée d’Orsay. I first went there about 30 years ago and went back some years […]
Hamburg – Part II
Hamburg – City of Culture and Cake: I was invited by the lovely people at cometohamburg.com to visit the city so I could write about its many attractions. It’s a wealthy and powerful place with a strong sense of identity that’s not trading on its past to justify the present. In my first post, I looked at Hamburg’s maritime […]
Day Trip to Dublin with Aer Lingus
Dublin in a Day – an Arty Tea and More: Taking a plane for the day to another country used to be very much my modus operandi. Those times have changed though and if I am working with overseas clients, we are more likely to use skype than to arrange a face to face meeting. […]
Mad about Margate
A Day at the Seaside – Mad about Margate: It may not have been entirely wise to take myself off to Margate on a press trip with Visit England the day I got back from cruising the Mediterranean. Apart from the fact that I didn’t get home till the wee small hours of the morning, there […]
The Folio Society Annual Book Illustration Competition
The Beauty of the Book – Folio Society competition: I grew up surrounded by books. Even when my parents were travelling, somehow my mother seemed to manage to take a good part of her own collection of books with her. And, when I was eight or nine, they started to buy Folio Society books. I […]