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Category Archives: Museums
Chettinad Restaurant (All Consumed)
Neil and Chris catch up at south Indian “village restaurant” Chettinad off Tottenham Court Road to record this episode of All Consumed. After enjoying a delicious meal, Chris talks Luddites and the antiauthoritarian spirit of Nottingham as Neil speaks to … Continue reading
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Posted in All Consumed, Books, Coffee, Drink, England, Food, London, Movies, Museums, Podcast, Podcasts, Restaurants, Travel
Tagged All Consumed, Art, books, Chettinad Restaurant, coffee, Drink, england, film, fitzrovia, Food, indian food, indian restaurant, London, Movies, museums, nottingham, PODCAST, Podcasts, restaurants, Travel
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Bilbao City Break
Last month, I took a quick solo city break in Bilbao – the largest city in the Basque Country and an excellent destination for great food and amazing art. I’d been to Bilbao a couple of times before and fully … Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Bars, Coffee, Drink, Food, Museums, Restaurants, Spain, Travel
Tagged Amaren, Art, Bar El Eme, BARS, Basque, basque country, Baster, Bilbao, Cafe Iruna, coffee, Drink, Food, Museo Guggenheim Bilbao, museums, spain, steak, steakhouse
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Index | Tracking the Lion Man
Seeing the Lion Man of Hohlenstein-Stadel at Museum Ulm was a thrill. The journey to Ulm made the experience all the more worthwhile. I reckon the Lion Man is a must-see for anybody keen to experience an overwhelming sense of … Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Basel, Germany, History, Museums, Switzerland, Tracking the Lion Man, Travel
Tagged Art, Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Basel, germany, Hohlenstein-Stadel, Hotel Schemes Haus, hotels, Lion Man, Löwenmensch, Museum Ulm, museums, Prehistoric art, Schemes Haus, switzerland, Travel, Ulm, Ulmer Munster
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Ulm | Tracking the Lion Man
Continuing on from Baden-Baden, the next stop on my trail was Ulm, Germany – home of the Löwenmensch (Lion Man) of Hohlenstein-Stadel, the reason for my trip. Located roughly halfway between Stuttgart and Munich, this small city in the state … Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Design, Germany, History, Hotels, Museums, Tracking the Lion Man, Travel
Tagged Art, Baden-Württemberg, germany, Hohlenstein-Stadel, Hotel Schemes Haus, hotels, Lion Man, Löwenmensch, Museum Ulm, museums, Prehistoric art, Schemes Haus, switzerland, Travel, Ulm, Ulmer Munster
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Basel | Tracking the Lion Man
Welcome back to Tracking the Lion Man, a series of posts about my trip to Switzerland and Germany en route to the city of Ulm to view the Löwenmensch (Lion Man) of Hohlenstein-Stadel – a prehistoric sculpture carved out of mammoth … Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Basel, Design, Drink, Food, Germany, Museums, Restaurants, Shopping, Switzerland, Tracking the Lion Man, Travel
Tagged Art, Bäckerei KULT, bakery, Basel, Beyeler Foundation, cafe, coffee, design, Drink, Fondation Beyeler, Food, germany, museums, restaurants, Shopping, switzerland, Tracking the Lion Man, Travel, vitra, Vitra Design Museum, Wayne Thiebaud, Weil am Rhein
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Tracking the Lion Man
I’ve just returned home from a week away in Switzerland and Germany. The reason for the trip was to have an in-person look at the Löwenmensch (Lion Man) of Hohlenstein-Stadel – a prehistoric footlong sculpture carved out of mammoth tusk on … Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Basel, Germany, Museums, Switzerland, Tracking the Lion Man, Travel
Tagged Art, Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Basel, germany, Hohlenstein-Stadel, Lion Man, Löwenmensch, museums, Prehistoric art, switzerland, Travel, Ulm
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Online Ninja Experience at Odawara Castle, Japan
What’s that lurking in the shadows? It’s Odawara Castle’s enigmatic ninjas ready to reveal their secrets to you in a new online tour. A couple of weekends ago, I attended an online virtual tour of the Ninja Hall at Odawara … Continue reading
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Posted in Entertainment, History, Japan, Museums, Travel
Tagged Entertainment, Hiroshi Jinkawa, history, japan, Kanagawa, museums, Ninja, Ninjas, Ninjutsu, odawara, odawara castle, Secrets of the Ninja, Travel
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Discover the Musical Legacy of Memphis at its Amazing Music Museums (Miles Away)
Memphis, Tennessee’s musical legacy runs as deep as the Mississippi River and flows with influence from virtually every current of pop culture in America. The city has been and remains one of the country’s top destinations for fans of live … Continue reading
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Posted in CheapOair, Miles Away, Museums, Music, Tennessee, Travel, USA
Tagged Memphis, Miles Away, music, TENNESSEE, Travel, USA
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2020 Vision | Index
Here’s an index to all the posts in Judith Schrut’s 2020 Vision miniseries. Hope you had fun with our brief but spectacular preview of 2020 London’s top cultural treats. Here’s a list with links to all the posts in this miniseries:
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Posted in 2020 Vision, Art, Entertainment, London, Museums, Music
Tagged Art, dance, Judith Schrut, London, museums, music, theatre
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2020 Vision: Meandering Museums
Looking for a place to come in from the cold on a London winter’s day? Judith Schrut thinks you can’t beat a visit to one of London’s incredible range of small museums and galleries. Much as I love London and … Continue reading
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Posted in 2020 Vision, Art, London, Museums
Tagged Art, british museum, charles dickens museum, foundling museum, galleries, Judith Schrut, London, museums, wellcome collection
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2020 Vision: Art from the Heart
First up in our new miniseries, Judith Schrut drools over some upcoming treats for art lovers at London’s top museums and galleries. Did you know London is happy home to no less than four of the world’s Top Ten art … Continue reading
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Posted in 2020 Vision, Art, Bars, Entertainment, London, London Living, Museums
Tagged Art, gallery, Judith Schrut, London, museum, national gallery, TATE, tate britain, tate modern, V&A Museum
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2020 Vision
Contributor Judith Schrut takes us on a brief but spectacular tour of 2020 London’s upcoming top cultural treats. Continue reading
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Posted in 2020 Vision, Art, Entertainment, London, Museums, Music, Theatre
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Mary Quant at the V&A
“I don’t have time to wait for Women’s Lib,” declared Mary Quant. Judith Schrut’s been to the V&A to see why Quant became a role model for a generation of women. Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Fashion, London, Museums
Tagged Art, fashion, Feminism, Judith Schrut, kensington, London, Mary Quant, museum, Shopping, Sixties, SW7, V&A Museum
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Shimmer, Dazzle, Sparkle | Christian Dior at the V&A
Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams is the Victoria and Albert Museum’s latest blockbuster show. Judith Schrut has been to view. Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Fashion, London, Luxury, Museums, Travel
Tagged Art, Christian Dior, design, Dior, fashion, House of Dior, Judith Schrut, London, luxury, Margot Fonteyn, museum, museums, Princess Margaret, reviews, south kensington, Travel, V&A, victoria and albert museum
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Mandela: The Official Exhibition, 26 Leake Street, Waterloo
Mandela: The Official Exhibition premieres today (Friday 8 February) at 26 Leake Street next to Waterloo Station. The show invites visitors on a personal journey through the life and times of one of the world’s most recognised and admired activists and political leaders and celebrating his legacy. Continue reading
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Posted in Celebrities, London, Museums, South Africa, Travel
Tagged 26 Leake Street, Apartheid, Celebrities, EXHIBITIONS, history, Leake Street, London, Mandela, Mandela: The Official Exhibition, museums, Nelson Mandela, reviews, SE1, SE1 7NN, south africa, south london, Travel, WATERLOO
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London Art Openings | Pierre Bonnard and the Colour of Memory at Tate Modern
To help us cope with the speed and stress of modern life, we’re encouraged to try slow cooking, slow tourism and slow living. Now, with its first show of the new year, Pierre Bonnard: the Colour of Memory, Tate Modern introduces us to the delightful concept of slow looking. I viewed the show, slowly, earlier this week and was completely smitten. Continue reading
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Tagged Art, gallery, Judith Schrut, just opened london, London, museums, painting, Pierre Bonnard, Pierre Bonnard: The Colour of Memory, reviews, SE1 9TG, southbank, TATE, tate modern, The Colour of Memory
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Good Grief! It’s an Interview with Claire Catterall About Her Peanuts Exhibition at Somerset House | #TCTalks Episode 54
Here’s an interview with Claire Catterall, Senior Curator for Somerset House, about her exhibition, Good Grief, Charlie Brown! Celebrating Snoopy and then Enduring Power of Peanuts. For this 54th episode of tikichris Talks, I skate over to Somerset House for … Continue reading
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Tagged #TCTalks, Art, Celebrating Snoopy and the Enduring Power of Peanuts, Charles M Shultz, Charles Shultz, Charlie Brown, Claire Catterall, design, EXHIBITIONS, Good Grief Charlie Brown, interview, London, London WC2R 1LA, museums, peanuts, PODCAST, Snoopy, somerset house, Strand, The Peanuts, the strand, tikichris talks, Travel, WC2
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Food Glorious Food: Dinner with Dickens
The Charles Dickens Museum is set in the only remaining home of the beloved Victorian writer and social activist. In this renovated Georgian terraced house on a Bloomsbury back street, you can experience the sights, sounds and living spirit of the man, explore the family home of the writer, his wife Catherine and several of their 10 children, the furnished rooms where Dickens dined and entertained many famous guests and the working rooms where he wrote Oliver Twist and Nicholas Nickleby. From more than 100,000 treasures in the Museum’s collection, you can view original ma Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Books, Christmas, Food, London, Museums, Uncategorized
Tagged Art, bloomsbury, books, charles dickens, christmas, christmas in london, Doughty Street, Food, Food Glorious Food, galleries, Judith Schrut, museum, museums, WC1, WC1N 2LX
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50th Anniversary Screenings of 2001: A Space Odyssey at IMAX Science Museum
Kubrick masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey turns 50. To celebrate the cinematic milestone, the Science Museum will host a series of IMAX 15/70mm screenings of this classic science fiction flick. Continue reading
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Posted in Entertainment, London, Movies, Museums
Tagged 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Space Odyssey, cinema, Entertainment, exhibition road, film, IMAX, IMAX Science Museum, Kennsington, kensington, London, Movies, museums, Previews, science museum, south kensington, Stanley Kubrick, SW7, SW7 2DD, west london, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Body Worlds: Up Close and Personal
Body Worlds is a newly opened museum ‘experience’ in central London which takes you on an intimate and explicit journey around the human body, literally under the skin. Continue reading
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Posted in Art, London, Museums
Tagged anatomy, Art, Body Worlds, Experiences, gallery, Gunther Von Hagens, Judith Schrut, London, London Pavilion, museum, plastination, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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V&A Opens Photography Centre
Designers and architects have transformed a former wing of 19th century galleries into a beautiful and welcoming suite of rooms, with state-of-the-art displays and vast digital resources for photography enthusiasts around the world. And it’s all free. Continue reading
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Posted in Art, London, Museums, Photography
Tagged Art, Berenice Abbott, camera, cromwell road, Eadweard Muybridge, gallery, Judith Schrut, Julia Margaret Cameron, London, museum, Photography, Photography Centre, Royal Photographic Society, south kensington, SW7, SW7 2RL, Travel, V&A, victoria and albert museum, William Fox Talbot, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Savannah, Georgia | Blackbeard’s Wake
Direct links between Blackbeard and Savannah are scarce, tenuous and not well documented. However, it’s as swashbuckling a city as ever you’ll come by. Plus, when initially planning my trip, I had hoped to shove off from to explore Georgia island that bears the pirate’s name. Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Bars, Blackbeard's Wake, Drink, Food, Georgia, History, Hotels, Museums, Restaurants, Travel, USA
Tagged #Blackbeard300, #TCBlackbeard300, 31401, Abercorn Street, Art, BARS, blackbeard, Blackbeard Island, Blackbeard's Wake, Bonaventure Cemetery, Bonaventure Road, cocktails, Drink, East Broad Street, Food, georgia, Ghost Coast Distillery, hilton, Hilton Garden Inn, Hilton Garden Inn Savannah Historic District, history, hotels, Indian Street, Ken Klehm, Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard, Mrs Wilkes Dining Room, museums, Oglethorpe Square, Olde Pink House, Owens-Thomas House, Owens-Thomas House & Slave Quarters, Owens-Thomas House and Slave Quarters, Pirate's House, Pirates, restaurants, reviews, road trip, Roadtrip, Savannah, Savannah Georgia, Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum, Telfair Museums, Thunderbolt, Thunderbolt Georgia, Travel, USA, West Bay Street, West Jones Street, William Scarbrough House and Gardens
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London Art Openings | Impressionists: From Manet to Cezanne
Courtauld Impressionists: From Manet to Cézanne at the National Gallery showcases 40 Impressionist masterpieces, most of which are on loan from the Courtauld Gallery, which is currently closed as part of a major transformation. Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Cézanne, Courtauld, Courtauld Impressionists, Courtauld Impressionists: From Manet to Cézanne, From Manet to Cézanne, Impressionism, Impressionists, Judith Schrut, London, Manet, modern art, museums, national gallery, Renoir, Seurat, Toulouse-Lautrec, trafalgar square, Travel, WC2, WC2N 5DN, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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James Cook: The Voyages | #TCTalks Episode 24
For Episode 24 of tikichris Talks I visit the British Library to interview Laura Walker and William Frame, co-curators of James Cook: The Voyages. Running until 28 August, the exhibition marks the 250th anniversary of the ship Endeavour setting off from Plymouth with Captain James Cook in command for the first of three world-changing voyages. Continue reading
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Posted in Art, interview, London, Museums, Podcast, TCTalks, Travel
Tagged #TCTalks, Art, british library, Captain Cook, Captain James Cook, history, interview, James Cook, James Cook: The Voyages, Laura Walker, London, museums, PODCAST, tikichris talks, Travel, William Frame
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Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up
With the opening of Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up, the V&A’s hugely anticipated, hot ticket of a show, you’ll have a unique chance to savour more than 200 of Frida’s paintings, photographs, clothing and personal possessions. Their fascinating back story is clearly part of the allure: most of these items have never been seen outside the Casa Azul (Blue House), the Mexico City home in which Frida was born, lived and died. They had been protectively stashed and sealed inside a bathroom by her husband, muralist and revolutionary Diego Rivera, and only revealed 50 years after her premature death. Continue reading
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Posted in Art, England, Fashion, London, Mexico, Museums, Photography, Travel
Tagged Art, exhibition, fashion, Feminism, Frida Kahlo, gallery, Huipil, Jewellery, Judith Schrut, Leon Trotsky, London, mexico, museum, Photography, Polio, Prosthetics, reviews, Travel, Victoria & Albert Museum
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Bruce Nauman: Disappearing Acts at Schaulager, Basel
A comprehensive survey spanning five decades of the American artist’s odd oeuvre, Bruce Nauman: Disappearing Acts is a beast of an exhibition and one I believe is worth a visit to Basel in its own right. Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Basel, Museums, Switzerland, Travel
Tagged Art, Basel, bruce nauman, Bruce Nauman: Disappearing Acts, contemporary art, Disappearing Acts, EXHIBITIONS, Laurenz Foundation, Laurenz-Stiftung Schaulager, Münchenstein, museums, reviews, Ruchfeldstrasse, Schaulager, switzerland, Travel
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London Nights at the Museum of London
“As daylight fades and darkness falls, London is transformed.” These words aptly set the stage for visitors entering London Nights, the newly-opened photography exhibition at the Museum of London. Continue reading
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Posted in Art, London, Museums, Photography, Travel
Tagged Art, Art Openings, Bill Brandt, city of london, EC2, EC2Y 5HN, Judith Schrut, London, LONDON WALL, museum, museum of london, Photography
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London Art Openings | Cedric Morris: Artist and Plantsman
Art fans and garden lovers alike are sure to enjoy two exhibitions of 20th century Welsh artist and plantsman Cedric Morris, running concurrently at London’s Garden Museum and the Phillip Mould & Company’s gallery. Not heard of Cedric Morris? No, neither had I before viewing these shows. Maybe like the proverbial London bus, you wait ages and two stunners come along at once. Continue reading
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Tagged afternoon tea, Art, artists, Cedric Morris, flowers, galleries, garden, Garden Museum, gardening, Judith Schrut, LGBT, London, medieval church, museum, museums, PALL MALL, plants, st james's, SW1Y 5LU, tea, Travel, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン
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London’s Southbank Centre Re-opening Events
Great things are happening down at the Southbank Centre, the UK’s largest art venue, where the Hayward Gallery, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room have just re-opened after a major facelift and refurb. Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Entertainment, Live Performance, London, Museums, Music, South London, Travel
Tagged Art, BARS, Belvedere Road, Brutalist, concert, festival, gallery, hayward gallery, Judith Schrut, London, movie, music, performance, Purcell Room, queen elizabeth hall, Sam Lee, SE1, south london, southbank centre, Travel
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(Northern) California Dreamin’ | Berkeley
We’re heading south now, down Highway 101 to Berkeley, home of the Free Speech Movement, the top public university in the USA and my Alma Mater. Continue reading
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Tagged Art, bart, bay area, Berkeley, cafe, california, Campanile, carillon, Cheeseboard Pizza, Chez Panisse, cinema, coffee, Drink, film, Free speech movement, head shop, hippie, Judith Schrut, movie, museum, Northern California, pizza, restaurants, Shopping, Travel, university, university of california, wine
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(Northern) California Dreamin’ | San Francisco
San Francisco. It’s the City by the Bay, SF, the Golden City; creator of denim jeans, fortune cookies, mimosas, waterbeds, Rice-a-Roni and the Summer of Love; home to more than 50 hills, 14,000 Victorian houses, 200 landmark buildings and the only moving national monument in the USA (the cable car), and year after year voted America’s coolest city. Continue reading
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Tagged (Northern) California Dreamin', Art, bakeries, bicycle, Bike tour, cable car, california, Castro Theater, coffee, Cruffins, disney, Drink, Dylan's tours, e-bike, Food, Golden Gate, hotels, ice cream, Ice cream sandwich, Judith Schrut, Movies, Northern California, Painted Ladies, Photography, pizza, restaurants, san francisco, sourdough, Tours, Travel, walt disney, Walt Disney Family Museum, West Coast
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Ocean Liners: Speed and Style | Full Steam Ahead at the V&A
Relive the ‘Golden Age’ of ocean travel at the Victoria & Albert Museum’s 2018 opening exhibition, Ocean Liners: Speed and Style. Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Design, London, Luxury, Museums, Travel
Tagged Art, cromwell road, cruise liner, Cruise ships, cruises, culture, design, fashion, Judith Schrut, kensington, London, luxury, luxury travel, museum, museums, ocean, Ocean liners, review, south kensington, steerage, style, SW7, SW7 2RL, Travel, V&A, V&A Museum, Victoria & Albert Museum, victoria and albert museum, west london, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Rhythm & Reaction: The Age of Jazz in Britain
Have an hour or so to spare and an interest in jazz, or just want to expand your London cultural horizons? If so, you’re sure to enjoy this bitesize exhibition and season of events, Rhythm & Reaction: The Age of Jazz in Britain. Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Design, Entertainment, Live Performance, London, Museums, Music
Tagged 2 Temple Place, Art, art deco, cocktails, design, Entertainment, exhibition, Family, free, jazz, Judith Schrut, kids, live performance, London, music, Temple Place, The Age of Jazz, Two Temple Place, Twotempleplace, WC2, WC2R 3BD
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Back to Basel? Weihnacht!
I spent the last weekend having an especially festive time in Basel – home to Switzerland’s biggest Christmas market and an all round excellent destination for cultured city break. Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Basel, Beer, Christmas, Design, Germany, Hotels, Museums, Restaurants, Shopping, Street Markets, Switzerland
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Follow the Glitterball to ABBA: Super Troupers
ABBA: Super Troupers is an immersive new exhibition which takes you on a journey back in musical time to the 1970s, when the Swedish pop phenomenon known as ABBA ruled the world. Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Celebrities, Entertainment, London, Museums, Music
Tagged Abba, ABBA: Super Troupers, Art, Belvedere Road, Celebrities, Entertainment, Judith Schrut, London, London SE1 8XX, museums, music, Pop Music, review, south bank, south london, southbank, southbank centre
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