All posts tagged architecture
Leaders and their Egos: Structures as Forms of Egotistical Expression
Come last week, us Brits had our eyes and screens graced by the rock-headed magnanimity that is President Trump. His visit, and his later meetings with NATO and Putin, were […]
The Barbican Centre: a love affair with the arts
The Barbican is not just one thing. It’s architecture, it’s film, it’s music, it’s wining and dining, it’s performance, it’s dance, it’s art. In fact, I’d go as far as […]
2018 Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition @ Somerset House
London has long been viewed as a cultural hub, a diverse community representing a plethora of people from all different corners of the world. I am not even being biased […]
‘The Squash’ at the Tate Britain
No this exhibition is not inspired around squash as in the sport, or as in the Robinson’s fruit juice, but rather squash as in the vegetable. Quite frankly it is […]
Year Abroad. Part 15: Careless Whisper
We were going to Erbusco. Our expectations were meagre, and we had but two: to see what we could see, and secondly, to drink some wine there. We achieved both, […]
Year Abroad. Part 17: La nuit de la verrerie
Nights are normally quieter here in Aix, except for one night. There is a road here called La Rue de la Verrerie and once a year, this bar-lined street in the old town, towered over […]
Excuse My French: Bienvenue à Genève!
On Tuesday I finally arrived in Geneva! The journey involved a lot of waiting around (due to my dad’s eagerness to leave extra early to avoid traffic), lugging my enormous human-sized suitcase around on my own […]
Year Abroad. Part 4: In for a penne, in for a pound
It rained on the way to Monaco. Our dreams of touching down dressed to impress were gone and instead, having checked the weather forecast before I left that morning (Nan […]