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Tag Archives: Judith Schrut
Head for the Heel | Idling on the Aqueduct
Who am I to argue, with a route as beautiful as this, the Ciclovia dell’Acquedotto Pugliese– the Apulian Aqueduct Cycle Route? Thanks to Bicitalia and Puglian Regional Transport you can literally cycle or walk on water– it’s the first stretch of a 500 km cycling and hiking path being built over the ‘hidden river’ of one of the oldest and biggest aqueducts in Europe. Continue reading
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Tagged Alberobello, Cisternino, cycling, e-bike, Head for the Heel, Italy, Itria Valley, Judith Schrut, Locorotondo, Ostuni, puglia, road trip, walking wine, wine
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Head for the Heel | A Night in Noci
Judith Schrut enjoys an evening of gastronomic joy with Noci’s legend of the larder, Marino Notarticula. We kept hearing that Noci was yet another historic and hospitable Puglian town renowned for its gastronomy. But let’s be honest, we were going … Continue reading
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Posted in Food, Head for the Heel, Italy, Puglia
Tagged italian food, Italy, Judith Schrut, Marino Notarnicola, panini, puglia, road trip
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Head for the Heel | Yours Trulli, Alberobello
Judith Schrut continues her adventures in southern Italy with a snuggly night in a traditional trullo cottage, a hearty breakfast and a dramatic visit to a cave. The trulli of Alberobello, Puglia: you’ve probably seen them loads of times … Continue reading
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Posted in Coffee, Drink, Food, Head for the Heel, Italy, Puglia, Wine
Tagged Alberobello, Amastuola, Castellana, Drink, Food, Head for the Heel, Italy, Judith Schrut, Masseria Brancati, olive oil, puglia, trulli, wine
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Head for the Heel | Cycling the Appian Way
Judith Schrut continues her hiatus in Italy’s heel with an exhilarating cycle ride along ancient Roman roads, bike-friendly railway bridges and villages perched atop rocky ravines. Continue reading
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Posted in Head for the Heel, History, Italy, Puglia, road trip, Travel
Tagged Castellaneta, cycling, Dan Castellaneta, Italy, Judith Schrut, Laterza, majolica, museum, nature, Palagianello, puglia, roman, Rudolph Valentino
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Head for the Heel | Magical Matera
Expect to hear lots about Matera this year, as it begins a prestigious reign as 2019 European Capital of Culture, the first place in southern Italy given that honour. Continue reading
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Posted in Drink, Food, Head for the Heel, Italy, Puglia, Restaurants, road trip, Travel, Wine
Tagged Basilicata, cave houses, Food, Head for the Heel, Italy, Judith Schrut, Matera, restaurants, road trip, Travel, wine
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Head for the Heel
The heel of Italy’s beauteous boot might be summed up in three words: past, present and Primitivo. Just add pasta, panini and pasticciotto and you’ve pretty much got the main ingredients of this wonderful place. Continue reading
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Posted in Food, Head for the Heel, Italy, Puglia, road trip
Tagged Basilicata, cycling, Drink, europe, Food, italian food, italian pasta, Italy, Judith Schrut, panini, primitivo, puglia, road trip, trulli, wine
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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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Drink Wine, Support a Bicycle, Change a Life with Nederburg’s Qhubeka Project
Nederburg, South Africa’s acclaimed winery, believes in giving back … and in the power of bicycles to change lives. We’ll drink to that! Continue reading
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Posted in africa, Competition, Drink, Good Cause, London, South Africa, Wine
Tagged #DoYourPart, Chenin blanc, cycling, Drink, Fundraising, good cause, Judith Schrut, king street, Nederburg, Nguni, Qhubeka, red wine, south africa, South African wine, Travel, WC2, WC2E 8HH, white wine, wine
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The UK Jewish Film Festival 2018: Promise at Dawn
The classic, if stereotyped, relationship of the devoted but overbearing Jewish mother and her son forms the subject of UKJFF 2018’s powerful closing film, Promise at Dawn (La promesse de l’Aube). Starring legendary French superstar Charlotte Gainsbourg and rising star Pierre Niney, it is at once funny and tragic, heartwarming and heartbreaking. Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Celebrities, France, London, Movies
Tagged antisemitism, Celebrities, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Curzon, Curzon Mayfair, Curzon Street, film, film festival, france, Hollywood, Jewish, Jewish film, Judith Schrut, London, mayfair, Movies, poland, Promise at Dawn, reviews, Romain Gary, W1, W1J 7TY
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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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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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Hot Tickets: Choose Laughs Festive Special
On 9 December Help Refugees is hosting a world class night of comedy in London, featuring an astonishing line up of top comedians. Choose Laughs Festive Special will see MC Nish Kumar, Simon Amstell, Katherine Ryan, Stewart Lee and other comedy favourites come together to raise the roof with laughter as well as much needed funds to help refugees across Europe survive the coming winter. Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Celebrities, Entertainment, Good Cause, Live Performance, London, Theatre
Tagged Angela Barnes, Celebrities, comedy, good cause, Help Refugees, Judith Schrut, London, Nish Kumar, NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, Playhouse Theatre, preview, Refugees, Simon Amstell, Stewart Lee, Travel, WC2, WC2N 5DE, Лондон, لندن, 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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Good Stuff #80 | Welcome Italia
Good Stuff and lots of it! This latest list of fine things to sip and savour comes from contributor Judith Schrut, recently invited to London’s Welcome Italia Food Festival. Enjoy. Italy in London! Who could ask for more? Not I, … Continue reading
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Posted in Coffee, Drink, Food, Good Stuff, London, Shopping, Travel, Wine
Tagged azienda agricola, chefs, ciambelline, coffee, Drink, Elverton Street, espresso, Fondi, Food, food fair, good stuff, Italian Chamber of Commerce for the UK, italian food, italian wine, Judith Schrut, Kimbo, Lazio, limoni al sale, Lindley Hall, London, olive oil, Royal Horticultural Halls, Shopping, SW1, SW1P 2PB, Tamia, torpedino, Travel, Tuscia, Welcome Italia, wine, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Good Stuff #79 | Goodies from GO!
Good stuff and lots of it! Judith Schrut’s been to London’s first GO! Organic Festival and has the low down on some fine things to see, sip and savour we thought worth sharing with you. Enjoy. Continue reading
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Posted in Beer, Chocolate, Drink, England, Food, Good Stuff, London, Shopping
Tagged battersea park, cheese, chocolate, Divine, Divine Chocolate, Enchanted Plants, england, Go! Organic Festival, good stuff, Infinity Foods, Judith Schrut, Lesbian Donkey, Lesbos, London, olive oil, organic, organic food, Pick's Organic Farm, Real Organic Foods, south london, Stroud Brewery, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Chocolate | Pierre Marcolini’s Winter Collection
Celebrated Belgian chocolatier Pierre Marcolini’s passion for sweet treats dates back to his childhood when, so the story goes, he would happily exchange toys with his brother for an extra portion of dessert. Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Belgium, Celebrities, Chocolate, Food, London, Luxury, Shopping
Tagged Art, belgian chocolate, chocolate, Food, Judith Schrut, London, luxury, marylebone, Marylebone High Street W1U 4QE, Pierre Marcolini, Shopping, W1, winter collection, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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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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Franciacorta: Italian Sparkling Wines
Franciacorta has been described as the “best wine you’ve never heard of” and I’ll be honest, I had not heard of it until I was invited to taste some at its Annual London Showcase. The event was hosted by the Vice President of Franciacorta, Silvano Brescianini and Franciacorta’s UK Brand Ambassador, Tom Harrow. Continue reading
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Posted in Bars, Drink, Italy, London, Luxury, Wine
Tagged 67 Pall Mall, BARS, Brut Rosé, Drink, Franciacorta, Italian sparkling wine, italian wine, Italy, italy wine, Judith Schrut, London, luxury, silvano brescianini, sparkling wine, st james's, SW1Y 5ES, Tom Harrow, wine, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Best of the Fests | Long Road Country and Americana Festival
Top country and Americana stars are lining up for the inaugural Long Road Country, Americana and Roots Festival. Old and New World traditions will unite in the grand surrounds of Stanford Hall in Leicestershire. Continue reading
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Tagged americana, Angeleena Presley, BARS, Best of the Fests, bluegrass, Bob Harris, Carrie Underwood, country, COUNTRY MUSIC, england, Entertainment, FESTIVALS, Food, Judith Schrut, Lee Ann Womack, live performance, Long Road Festival, music, Stanford Hall, the Shires, Travel
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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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Good Stuff #78 | Best of the Fests | Festival Flavours
Good stuff from the best of the fests! Judith Schrut’s been tasting, munching, sipping and slurping her way through plenty of yumworthy food and drink on offer at this summer’s festivals, and has lots to share with you. Enjoy.
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Tagged Best of the Fests, Bhangra Bus, cake, cheddar, Cheese Truck, coffee, cornwall, curry, festival food, FESTIVALS, flapjacks, Food, good stuff, Grace Dent, hot dog, Judith Schrut, Mama Muesli, Mutiny on the Bounty, Popdogs, Port Eliot Festival, SIPSMITH, stilton, Tea Ladies on Tour, Travel, WOMAD
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Best of the Fests | The World at WOMAD, Wiltshire
WOMAD – the biggest international festival on the planet is celebrating its 36th year in style, bringing hundreds of performing artists from dozens of countries and thousands of world music fans to a beautiful open air site deep in the Wiltshire countryside. Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Books, England, Entertainment, Food, Live Performance, Music, Travel, USA
Tagged Amadou & Mariam, Art, bohemian, Charlton Park, dance, england, FESTIVALS, folk music, Food, Gypsies of Camargue, Gypsy Kings, Hamid El Kasri, Jiggy, Judith Schrut, Malmesbury, music, spa, summer festival, Too Many Zooz, Whiskey Shivers, wiltshire, WOMAD, world, world music
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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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Posted in Art, Entertainment, Freebies, Live Performance, London, Music, Television, Travel
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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Best of the Fests | Port Eliot Festival, Cornwall
Summertime Britain is a food lovers’ paradise, with dozens of festivals, fairs and other tasty offerings where food and cooking take centre stage. That’s certainly true at the Port Eliot Festival in Cornwall. Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Brian Patten, chefs, cornwall, Drink, england, Entertainment, family events, fashion, festival, Food, foraging, gardens, Grace Dent, Judith Schrut, literary festival, live music, live performance, LONDON COMMUNITY GOSPEL CHOIR, music, Orla Kiely, performance, Port Eliot, Port Eliot Festival, restaurants, reviews, Shappi Korsandi, Shopping, sipsmith gin, St Germans, summer, Teri Hatcher, Travel, writers
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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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Posted in Art, London, Photography
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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Review | Born in the USA: Taylor Mac at the Barbican Centre
Live knitters, brass musicians and backing singers stage left. Harp, strings and temperance choir, stage right. The legendary Taylor Mac, aka the gender fluid pronoun ‘judy’, in a multi-coloured explosion of glitter and tinsel, spectacularly centre stage. Continue reading
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Tagged Art, barbican centre, cabaret, city of london, costume, Drag, EC2, EC2Y 8DS, history, Judith Schrut, Le Gateau Chocolat, LGBTQ, LIFT, live performance, London, musical, new york, popular music, reviews, Show, silk street, Taylor Mac, theatre, Travel, USA
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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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Midsummer Music | Elvis Costello plays Nocturne Live
What an incredible evening we had, lucky audience members at Elvis Costello and the Imposters playing Nocturne Live at Blenheim Palace! Continue reading
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Posted in England, Live Performance, Music, Travel
Tagged Blenheim Palace, concert, Elvis Costello, Judith Schrut, live performance, Midsummer, music, Nick Lowe, Nocturne Live, OX20 1PP, Oxfordshire, punk, rock, summer, summer festivals, The Waterboys, Travel, Woodstock
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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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2001: A Space Odyssey LIVE at Royal Festival Hall
1968— Fifty years ago— was a landmark year for movies, the release year for a massive feast of films now considered classics: Oliver, the Odd Couple, Funny Girl, Yellow Submarine, Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang, Rosemary’s Baby and 2001: A Space Odyssey, to name a handful. Expect plenty of Golden Anniversary screenings, fan events and limited-edition merchandise for each in the coming months. Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Entertainment, Live Performance, London, Movies, Music
Tagged 2001: A Space Odyssey, Belvedere Road, cinema, Entertainment, film, Judith Schrut, live performance, London, Movies, music, reviews, royal festival hall, SE1, south bank, south london, southbank, Travel, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Good Stuff #75
Good stuff and lots of it! This latest list of good stuff comes from tikichris contributor Judith Schrut, who’s been visiting London’s 2018 Natural and Organic Products Show. Enjoy. Continue reading
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Eat Puglia | Index
Here’s an index for quick reference to all of Judith Schrut’s posts in her Eat Puglia series. Continue reading
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Posted in Drink, Eat Puglia, Food, Italy, Puglia, Restaurants, Travel, Uncategorized, Wine
Tagged Drink, Eat Puglia, Food, italian food, Italy, Judith Schrut, pasta, puglia, restaurants, Travel, wine
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