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Tag Archives: Art
Frieze 2024
I’m writing this post on Sunday the 20th of October. This time last week I was attending Frieze London, the annual art fair that, according to Harper’s Bazaar, is the “biggest event in the contemporary arts calendar.” This was the … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, art fair, contemporary art, frieze, Frieze London, Frieze London 2024, London
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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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ICCO Pizza (All Consumed)
Neil Davey and Chris Osburn catch up at ICCO, the People’s Pizzeria, on Goodge Street. At this affordable Fitzrovia mainstay, the duo chat about recent travels – Thailand for Neil, Suffolk for Chris – as well as where to experience … Continue reading
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Posted in All Consumed, Art, Drink, Food, London, Pizza, Podcast, Podcasts, Restaurants, Thailand
Tagged All Consumed, Art, Drink, film, Food, Icco Pizza, London, pizza, PODCAST, Podcasts, restaurants, Suffolk, Thailand, Travel
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Arcade Food Hall (All Consumed)
Neil Davey and Chris Osburn catch up over some burgers and chat about what’s impressed them the most since their last episode. Listen in on their recommendations for food, drink, art, and film in London, as well as a couple … Continue reading
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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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Win #TheFoodieBag / Instagram Bag from the Paper Bag Co
Can’t quite get your dishes to look as scrumptious in your photos as you know they are on your plate? There’s a bag for that! The Instagram Bag from the Paper Bag Co is an ideal accessory (and a very smart gift … Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Competition, Drink, Food, Freebies, Photography, Recipes, Restaurants, Shopping, Travel
Tagged #RTtoWin, Art, competition, Drink, Food, food photography, free, freebies, instagram, Photography, recipes, restaurants, retweet to win, Shopping, Travel, twitter competition
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Free Food, Travel and Art Books
I have more than 40 food, travel and art books that I need to get rid of before moving at the end of this month. I’m giving them away on a first come first serve basis.
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Posted in Art, Books, Drink, Food, Freebies, London, Recipes, Shopping
Tagged Art, Art books, Awesomestow, books, Cook books, Drink, E17, east london, Food, free, free books, freebies, London, Recipe Books, recipes, Shopping, Travel, travel books, waltham forest, WALTHAMSTOW
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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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Unmissable Stage Premiere | Small Island at the NT
Leah Harvey & Shiloh Coke in Small Island, photo credit Brinkhoff Moegenburg, courtesy NT Press Office Andrea Levy’s novel about the postwar Caribbean-to-Britain migrant experience has been adapted for the stage. Judith Schrut reviews this powerful, unmissable show, which opened … Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Entertainment, Live Performance, London, Theatre, Travel
Tagged Andrea Levy, Art, Entertainment, immigration, Judith Schrut, London, national theatre, Small Island, The Windrush, 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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Bearing Witness: Don McCullin Retrospective at Tate Britain
As a major retrospective of Sir Donald McCullin’s work opens at Tate Britain, Judith Schrut looks at what his 60 years of photography have given us. Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Bearing Witness: Don McCullin, Don McCullin, London, millbank, Photography, SW1, SW1P 4RG, TATE, tate britain, Travel
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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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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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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. 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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Cointreau’s exclusive Designer Cocktails
Cointreau is helping us to celebrate the holiday season in style with their exclusive first Designer Cocktail series. The pioneer in crafted spirits has teamed up with four stars from the worlds of art, cuisine and fashion to create an array of contemporary recipes that put a cool new twist on classic tipples, promising to elevate any social gathering into a memorable special occasion. Continue reading
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The UK Jewish Film Festival 2018: Three Identical Strangers
Most of us have had the unsettling experience of being compared with or mistaken for someone we look like– but when you find out you look exactly like another person, have the same birthdate, and have both been adopted– that is quite different. And made all the more so when you find your third exact match. Continue reading
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Tagged adoption, antisemitism, Art, Celebrities, cinema, documentary, Entertainment, film, film festival, Israel, Israeli film, Jewish, Jewish film, Judith Schrut, London, Movies, new york, Sammy Davis Jr, sundance, Tim Wardle, triplets, women filmmakers, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Happy Dog | Cleveland Talks | #TCTalks Episode 47
This last episode of Cleveland Talks features an interview with Sean Watterson of Happy Dog. With outlets in Detroit Shoreway and University Circle, Sean’s gourmet hot dog and craft beer bars offer an enlightened and eclectic lineup of live music and thought provoking events to encourage community cohesion in an easygoing and welcoming setting. Continue reading
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Glass Bubble Project | Cleveland Talks | #TCTalks Episode 46
This episode of Cleveland Talks features an interview Michael Kaplan, owner of the Glass Bubble Project. Located in Ohio City neighbourhood next to West Side Market, Glass Bubble is the city’s premier glass blowing studio and gallery. Continue reading
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Happy Dog | Cleveland Talks | #TCTalks Episode 47
This last episode of Cleveland Talks features an interview with Sean Watterson of Happy Dog. With outlets in Detroit Shoreway and University Circle, Sean’s gourmet hot dog and craft beer bars offer an enlightened and eclectic lineup of live music and thought provoking events to encourage community cohesion in an easygoing and welcoming setting. Continue reading
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Tagged #TCintheCLE, #TCTalks, 44102, 44106, Art, BARS, beer, Cleveland, Cleveland Ohio, Cleveland Talks, CRAFT BEER, Detroit Avenue, Detroit Shoreway, Detroit Shoreway/Gordon Square Arts District, Drink, Entertainment, Euclic Avenue, Food, Gourmet hot dogs, Happy Dog, Happy Dog at the Euclid Tavern, hot dogs, Hotdogs, interview, live performance, midwest, music, Northern Ohio, Ohio, Ohio City, PODCAST, restaurants, tikichris talks, Travel, University Circle, USA
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Glass Bubble Project | Cleveland Talks | #TCTalks Episode 46
This episode of Cleveland Talks features an interview Michael Kaplan, owner of the Glass Bubble Project. Located in Ohio City neighbourhood next to West Side Market, Glass Bubble is the city’s premier glass blowing studio and gallery. Continue reading
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Posted in #TCintheCLE, Art, Cleveland, Cleveland Talks, interview, Ohio, Podcast, TCTalks, Travel, USA
Tagged #TCintheCLE, #TCTalks, 44113, Art, Bridge Avenue, Cleveland, Cleveland Ohio, Cleveland Talks, craft, glass, Glass Blowing, Glass Bubble Project, interview, Michael Kaplan, midwest, Northern Ohio, Ohio, Ohio City, PODCAST, tikichris talks, Travel, USA
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Preview: The UK Jewish Film Festival 2018
The hugely popular UK Jewish Film Festival returns this week for its 22nd season. This year’s Festival will feature 85 diverse films from 16 countries including 51 premieres, with screenings and live events at 21 cinemas around the UK. Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Celebrities, Live Performance, London, Movies
Tagged antisemitism, Art, Celebrities, cinema, Entertainment, film, film festival, Israel, Israeli film, Jewish, Jewish film, Judith Schrut, London, Movies, Sammy Davis Jr, women filmmakers, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Eine: Everything Starts Somewhere | #TCTalks Episode 42
Episode 42 of tikichris Talks features an interview with street artist Ben Eine. More widely known simply as Eine, the Southeast London born artist has found international success and garnered quite a fan base for his large-scale block letter paintings. Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Graffiti, interview, London, Podcast, TCTalks, Travel
Tagged #TCTalks, Art, Ben Eine, E1, E1 6TD, east london, EINE, Everything Starts Somewhere, Graffiti, interview, London, Osborn Street, PODCAST, stolenspace, Stolenspace Gallery, street art, tikichris talks, Travel, whitechapel, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Eine: Everything Starts Somewhere | #TCTalks Episode 42
Episode 42 of tikichris Talks features an interview with street artist Ben Eine. More widely known simply as Eine, the Southeast London born artist has found international success and garnered quite a fan base for his large-scale block letter paintings. Continue reading
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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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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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Covent Garden Smells of Roses
London’s Covent Garden is synonymous with many things. The traffic-free piazza, luxury boutiques, restaurants and bars are amongst those which make it a must see for anyone visiting town. There’s always a good reason to go but here’s one more. Fleurs de Ville’s floral-dressed mannequin installations are now on display in Covent Garden’s Central Avenue. They will remain there as part of Frieze Festival until Sunday 7th October. Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Drink, London, Shopping
Tagged Art, champagne, covent garden, Covent Garden piazza, Demi Perera, Drink, Fleurs de Ville, french wine, frieze art fair, Frieze London, London, Olivia Burton, Raymond Blanc, RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Shopping, sparking wine, Taittinger champagne, WC2, WC2E 8JD, wine, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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City Life Festival Celebrates All Things London This October
Demi Perera previews City Life Festival. It would be more than fair to say that London has a unique identity. It’s not something that is tangible and it’s never been an easy thing to define. Londoners’ appreciate it and it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Celebrities, city life festival, Demi Perera, Drink, Food, holland park, lily cole, London, museum of london, rohan silva, second home, spitalfields, supper clubs, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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