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Jose Pizarro | All Consumed Episode 3 | #TCTalks Episode 36
For this episode of tikichris Talks I’m sharing the third and episode of All Consumed, a podcast that I coproduce with fellow food, drink and travel writer Neil Davey. It features an in depth discussion with Chef Jose Pizarro. Continue reading
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Tagged #TCTalks, All Consumed, BARS, bermondsey, Bermondsey High Street, Chef Jose Pizarro, Drink, Food, interview, JOSE PIZARRO, London, Neil Davey, PIZARRO, PODCAST, restaurants, south london, spanish food, tapas, tikichris talks, Travel, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Up In My Grill at The King & Co
What started as affordable, flavoursome steaks has now morphed into a wide menu of burgers, crispy lamb belly, aubergine parma mess and short rib. And because old habits die hard, I did try all of the dishes that Up In My Grill will be serving during the two-month residency at The King & Co. Continue reading
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Posted in Bars, Drink, Food, London, Pubs, Restaurants
Tagged BARS, beef, burgers, Cheeeburgers, CLAPHAM, Clapham Park Road, Drink, Food, hamburgers, London, pubs, restaurants, reviews, south london, street food, SW4, SW4 7BZ, The King & Co, Up In My Grill
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Win Tickets to the Tequila & Mezcal Fest 2018
Coming to London the first weekend of October for its fifth anniversary is the Tequila & Mezcal Fest – the biggest agave extravaganza in Europe. As part of my team up with Teq Fest, I’ve set aside a pair of day tickets to share with one lucky tikichris reader. Continue reading
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Open Air Cinema | Where is the Nomad?
Judith Schrut joins the Nomad for a cinematic trip across Australia’s outback. Since 2010, the Nomad Cinema has been popping its outdoor screens up in Brompton Cemetery, Hyde Park Lido, St Paul’s Cathedral Gardens and other intriguing London locations, along … Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Australia, Desert, Entertainment, London, Movies
Tagged australia, cabaret, cinema, Drag, drag queen, Judith Schrut, LGBTQ, London, movie, Movies, Northern Territory, Outback, outdoor cinema, queen's park, queens, Red Centre, review, Singapore Airlines, The Nomad Cinema, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Secret Adventures Farmyard Cinema: Unbranded
Secret Adventures put on a one of a kind cinema experience for an award winning film, Unbranded, and I had the pleasure of going along to the the viewing. Located in a city farm located in one of the most unexpected places, you would never have guessed that you were in the heart of Waterloo. Continue reading
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Rum Tasting with Dawn Davies + The Whisky Show News | #TCTalks Episode 35
Episode 35 of tikichris Talks has me dropping by the newly opened Whisky Exchange on Great Portland Street for a lively rum tasting with Dawn Davies, Head Buyer for Speciality Drinks. We chat about why this amber spirit offers excellent value for deep flavour. Dawn and I also talk about The Whisky Show returning to London at the end September for its 10th anniversary. This year for the first time in the show’s history, a selection of fine rums will be available to try alongside more than 600 quality whiskies. Continue reading
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Tagged cocktails, Dawn Davies, Drink, fitzrovia, great portland street, interview, London, PODCAST, rum, Shopping, Speciality Drinks, The Whisky Show, tikichris talks, Travel, WHISKY SHOW, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Win a Pair of Tickets to The Whisky Show
Who wants a pair of day tickets to this year’s Whisky Show, valued at £110 each and including a two-course lunch, one Dream Dram token and access to more than 600 whiskies to be tasted? Continue reading
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Tagged cocktails, competition, Food, free, freebies, London, luxury, RT to win, rum, Shopping, Speciality Drinks, The Whisky Show, twitter competition, whiskey, whisky, WHISKY SHOW, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Tequila & Mezcal Fest 2018 | Get 20% Off Your #TeqFest Tix
The Tequila & Mezcal Fest returns to London to celebrate its fifth anniversary. And guess who’s getting in on the fun to amp up the action and spread the word about Europe’s biggest agave extravaganza? Continue reading
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OSH Restaurant, Beauchamp Place, Knightsbridge
Newly opened OSH Restaurant in Knightsbridge presents a cosmopolitan take on Uzbek tastes. Continue reading
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Tagged beauchamp place, centra asian food, cocktails, Drink, Food, knightsbridge, London, OSH Restaurant, restaurants, reviews, SW3, SW3 1NQ, uzbek food, uzbekistani food, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Afroditi Krassa | #TCTalks Episode 34
For episode 34 of tikichris Talks I sit down with hospitality designer Afroditi Krassa for a conversation in her studio about how she got her start in design and her work helping restaurant groups such as Itsu and Dishoom achieve huge success. Continue reading
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The American Bar at the Stafford London Hotel
Classy cocktails and a mighty burger were hallmarks of my al fresco dine at The Stafford London Hotel’s historic American Bar. Continue reading
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Tagged BARS, burgers, cheeseburgers, cocktails, Drink, Food, hamburgers, hotel, hotels, luxury, restaurants, reviews, st james's, St James's Place, Stafford, Stafford Hotel, Stafford London, Stafford London Hotel, SW1, SW1A 1NJ, The Stafford, The Stafford London, The Stafford London Hotel, Travel
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Bottles Wine Bar at Old Spitalfields Market
Recently opened wine bar Bottles at Old Spitalfields Market does a smart wine list with a wine-smart staff and brilliant kitchen preparing perfect plates for pairing. Continue reading
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Tagged BARS, bottles, bottles wine bar, brushfield street, Drink, E1, E1 6AA, east london, Food, London, old spitalfields market, restaurants, review, spitalfields, spitalfields market, wine
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Open City Documentary Festival 2018
Entering its eighth year, the Open City Documentary Festival returns to London this September to celebrate the art of nonfiction through films, audio and immersive (VR/AR) projects, screenings, special events, panels, workshops and masterclasses and more in a variety of venues across central London. Continue reading
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Tagged Art, cinema, documentary, Entertainment, film, Movies, Open City Doc, Open City Docs, Open City Documentary Festival
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Pom Harrington of Peter Harrington Rare Books | #TCTalks Episode 31
For episode 31 of tikichris Talks, I chat with Pom Harrington, second generation owner of Peter Harrington Rare Books in Chelsea (with another location in Mayfair). During our conversation among the shelves of his Fulham Road bookstore, Pom shares his insight of what makes a book rare and valuable and what’s in his private staff. Continue reading
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Tagged #TCTalks, books, chelsea, interview, London, luxury, Peter Harrington, Peter Harrington Rare Books, PODCAST, Pom Harrington, Rare Books, Shopping, tikichris talks, Travel, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Preview: Notting Hill Carnival 2018
The 59 year-old annual community-led Notting Hill Carnival will be celebrated the Summer Bank Holiday Weekend of 25 to 27 August with the Children’s Day Parade taking place on Sunday the 26th. Continue reading
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Posted in Drink, Entertainment, Food, Live Performance, London, Music
Tagged cocktails, Drink, Duppy Share, Entertainment, Food, live performance, London, Matthew Phillip, music, notting hill, Notting Hill Carnival, Powis Square, rum, street food, tabernacle, The Tabernacle, W11, W11 2AY, west london
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Bar 1821: Luxardo Pop-Up in Shoreditch
To celebrate the launch of its new Sour Cherry Gin, Italian spirits brand Luxardo has opened Bar 1821: a month long pop-up cocktail bar in Shoreditch. Continue reading
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Tagged Bar 1821, BARS, BETHNAL GREEN ROAD, cocktails, Drink, E2, E2 7DG, east london, gin, London, luxardo, Luxardo Sour Cherry Gin, POP UPS, shoreditch, Sour Cherry Gin, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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SeasonaliTea at The Langham London
With the launch of The Langham London’s SeasonaliTea, Executive Pastry Chef Andrew Gravett presents a fresh approach to the afternoon tea. Continue reading
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Tagged afternoon tea, Andrew Gravett, champagne, Chef Andrew Gravett, Drink, Executive Pastry Chef Andrew Gravett, Food, hotels, London, luxury, marylebone, pastry, Portland Place, regent street, restaurants, SeasonaliTea, sparkling wine, tea, The Langham Afternoon Tea with Wedgwood, The Langham London, W1, W1B 1JA, Wedgwood, wine, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Director Michael Lehmann on the 30th Anniversary of Heathers | #TCTalks Episode 30
Episode 30 of tikichris Talks features an interview with Michael Lehmann, director of Heathers, on the 30th anniversary of this classic dark comedy from the late 80s and what it was like to work with teen actors Winona Ryder and Christian Slater on a film with breakout roles for both their careers. Continue reading
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Tagged #TCTalks, BFI, BFI Southbank, Celebrities, Christian Slater, Entertainment, film, Heathers, interview, London, Michael Lehmann, Movies, PODCAST, tikichris talks, Winona Ryder, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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V For Launches at The Old Truman Brewery
From vegan cocktails, to vegan fried chicken, V For is a series of events not to be missed. The vegan lifestyle event is anticipated to bring in over 2,000 visitors to The Old Truman Brewery. Expect food, drinks, music and events. Continue reading
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Posted in Drink, Food, London, Shopping, Street Markets
Tagged brick lane, burger, burgers, cheesecake, cocktails, Drink, E1, E1 6QR, east london, Food, ice cream, Launch Party, London, miiro, Miiro ice cream, Nutty Peanut Butter Cheesecake, Peanut Butter, restaurants, reviews, salted caramel, seitan, Sheepa Miah, Shopping, shoreditch, spitalfields, street food, street markets, The Old Truman Brewery, The Portobello Attic, V Curious, V For, V For Launch Party, vegan, vegan burger, vegan festival, Vegan food, vegan fried chicken, vegan fried chicken burger, vegan ice cream, vegan lifestyle, Vegan Nights, Vegan Vice Club, vegetarian
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World Steak Challenge 2018
At the beginning of last month (4th of July actually) I got to sit in for a second year in a row as a consumer judge at World Steak Challenge, where three dozen or so expert judges convened to test and rate close to sirloin, fillet and rib eye steaks from 22 different countries and four continents. Continue reading
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Tagged beef, east london, EC1, EC1Y 1BE, Food, London, Magic Roundabout, meat, old street, Shopping, shoreditch, steak, The Magic Roundabout, World Steak Challenge, World Steak Challenge 2018, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Win Pair of Tickets to Outdoor Screening of Priscilla Queen of the Desert + the Chance to Win a Trip to Australia’s Northern Territory
Tourism NT are offering tikichris followers three pairs of tickets to an outdoor screening with The Nomad Cinema of The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert plus a chance of winning a pair of return tickets to Darwin, Australia with Singapore Airlines. Continue reading
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Tagged #ntaustralia #ntpriscilla #WinNTPriscilla, australia, cinema, competition, Entertainment, film, free, freebies, London, Movies, Nomad Cinema, north london, Northern Territory, Northern Territory Australia, NW6, NW6 6HA, Outback, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, queen's park, RT to win, The Adventures of Pricilla Queen of the Desert, The Nomad Cinema, Travel, twitter competition, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Cocktails in the City London: Summer Edition | Bedford Square, 3-4 August
Cocktails in the City offers an intoxicatingly convenient opportunity to experience 25 of London’s most innovative cocktail bars all within sipping distance of each other, for the UK’s largest festival of bars in a leafy outdoor setting. Continue reading
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Tagged BARS, Bedford Square, Bedford Square Gardens, bloomsbury, cocktails, Cocktails in the City, Cocktails in the City: Summer Edition, Drink, fitzrovia, Food, London, restaurants, reviews, WC1, WC1B 3HH, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Wine Chap Tom Harrow | #TCTalks Episode 29
Tom Harrow is Director at Honest Grapes, UK Ambassador for Franciacorta, wine writer, host and consultant – and the subject of episode 29 of tikichris Talks. Cheers! Continue reading
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Tagged #TCTalks, Drink, Food, Franciacorta, Honest Grapes, interview, italian wine, London, PODCAST, Shopping, sparkling wine, tikichris talks, Tom Harrow, Travel, wine, Wine Chap, WineChap, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Douglas Blyde | #TCTalks Episode 28
Columnist at ES Magazine, editor of Wine List Confidential, drinks presenter and gastronomy consultant Douglas Blyde sits down for a conversation with me about the good things in life for Episode 28 of tikichris Talks. Continue reading
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Tagged #TCTalks, Douglas Blyde, Drink, Food, interview, l'escargot, L'escargot Soho, London, PODCAST, Shopping, soho, tikichris talks, Travel, wine, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Sailing the Thames with Secret Adventures
Secret Adventures runs “unusual and off grid adventures in London and beyond, designed to generate a sense of exploration and wonder”. One of those adventures is a cruise of from Tower Bridge to the Thames Barrier and sailing back toward town with a stop at Greenwich Pier where guests disembarked. Continue reading
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Tagged city of london, east london, EC3, EC3N 4DT, greenwich, Greenwich Pier, Lady Daphne, London, Lower Thames Street, river cruise, river thames, Secret Adventures, thames, Thames barge, tower bridge, Tower Millennium Pier, Travel, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Best of the Fests | The BBC Summer Proms
Judith Schrut previews this summer’s Proms at the Royal Albert Hall. If you’re a classical music lover, it doesn’t get much better than the BBC’s summer Promenade Concerts, affectionately known as the Proms. The world’s greatest festival of classical music … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, BBC Proms, classical music, Gilbert & Sullivan, Hyde Park, Jacob Collier, Judith Schrut, Kensington Gore, Leonard Bernstein, live performance, London, music, Proms, Proms in the Park, royal albert hall, south kensington, SW7, SW72 AP, Travel, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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HipChips, a Review
With the end of the school year, my children insisted on an end of the year treat. Where did they want to go? HipChips, a quirky eatery, situated on Old Compton Street in Soho! Continue reading
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Tagged chips, crisps, dips, Food, HipChips, London, OLD COMPTON STREET, potato chips, restaurants, reviews, soho, ST PATRICKS DAY, W1, W1D 6HL, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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#MenabreaMaestro Class with Jay Rayner
A “craft of column-writing” masterclass with the Observer’s (in)famous restaurant critic, Jay Rayner, was a fun and insight outing. Continue reading
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Posted in Beer, Celebrities, Drink, Food, London, Restaurants
Tagged beer, Celebrities, Drink, Everyman, Everyman King's Cross, Food, guardian, Guardians Masterclass, Guardians Masterclasses, Handyside Street, italian beer, Jay Rayner, king's cross, London, Menabrea, Menabrea Birra, N1, N1C 4DN, observer, restaurants, reviews, the guardian, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Denise Medrano, The Wine Sleuth | #TCTalks Episode 26
Denise Medrano, aka The Wine Sleuth, is a London based blogger and the wine buyer for The Grocery Wine Vault. She’s also the subject of the 26th episode of tikichris Talks. We had a great conversation about her passion for wine and her mission to help others simply enjoy drinking it. Continue reading
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Tagged #TCTalks, BARS, blogging, Denise Medrano, Drink, Food, interview, kingsland road, London, PODCAST, Shopping, shoreditch, The Grocery, The Grocery Wine Vault, The Wine Sleuth, tikichris talks, Travel, wine, Wine Blogs, Wine Sleuth, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Made in Jamaica, Enjoyed in Brixton
It’s no secret I’m a fan of rum nor that I’m partial to ones from Jamaica. So when the folks at Campari UK invited me along for a tasting of their rum portfolio at rumspirational venues across Brixton, I was keen to accept. Continue reading
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Tagged appleton estate, BARS, brixton, campari group, campari uk, cocktails, Coldharbour Lane, Drink, Ferndale Road, Food, jamaican rum, Koko Kanu, London, restaurants, rum, Rum Kitchen, south london, SW9, SW9 8FR, SW9 8LF, SW9 8LN, Three Little Birds, Upstairs at the Department Store, Wray & Nephew White Overproof Rum
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The Elephant’s Head, Clapton
The Elephant’s Head in Hackney does crafty cocktails and great pub grub in a moody, Victorian setting. Continue reading
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Tagged BARS, clapton, cocktails, Drink, E5, E5 0NS, east london, Food, hackney, lower clapton road, pubs, restaurants, reviews, The Elephant's Head, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Pomona’s Serves California Cool from Notting Hill Kitchen
Pomona’s in Notting Hill looks across the proverbial pond (and ‘flyover’ country) to land its culinary sights on Californian shores for inspiration. Continue reading
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Tagged cocktails, Drink, Food, Hereford Road, London, notting hill, Pomona's, restaurants, reviews, W2, W2 5AH, west london, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Sam Hunt, Borough of Culture Creative Director | #TCTalks Episode 25
Sam Hunt is the first ever Creative Director for the Mayor’s London Borough of Culture 2019. Inspired by the UK City and European Capital of Culture programs, the London Borough of Culture award is an initiative launched by the Mayor Sadiq Khan. Waltham Forest (my home borough – yay!) is the first borough to be awarded. For episode 25 of tikichris Talks, I sit down for a quick chat with Sam to talk about his role as Creative Director, what makes Waltham Forest culturally distinct, what to expect in 2019 and how folks can get involved. Continue reading
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Tagged #TCTalks, #wfculture19, Art, Borough of Culture, Borough of Culture 2019, E17, east london, interview, London, London Borough of Culture, Mayor’s London Borough of Culture, Mayor’s London Borough of Culture 2019, PODCAST, Sam Hunt, tikichris talks, Travel, waltham forest, WALTHAMSTOW, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Dorothea Lange and the Politics of Seeing
Whether this is your first exposure to Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) and her remarkable photographs or you’re a lifelong admirer, this is a must-see exhibition. I was surprised to learn it’s the first ever retrospective of her work in the UK. Continue reading
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Tagged Art, barbican centre, Barbican Gallery, Dorothea Lange, Franklin Roosevelt, galleries, great depression, Japanese internment, Judith Schrut, London, Migrant Mother, Photography, Vanessa Winship, Women artists, world war II, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Summer by the River is All Drama This August
London’s Open Air Theatre season is set to return to the heart of the capital this August. Now in its 15th unforgettable year it will offer Londoners free access to the city’s finest theatrical artists and experiences. Performances will run from August to September as part of the Summer by the River Festival which takes place at London Bridge City. Continue reading
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