Margate – where the seawater cures all ills
Until a few weeks ago the only other things I knew about Margate was that it was where J.M. Turner painted many of his greatest seascapes…
Wanted: a proper London gig guide
It’s an odd thing in age where there’s an app or website for everything, but there doesn’t seem to be decent one-stop-shop London gig guide, or…
Why I love Leme Light
For the last three years I enjoyed the luxury of being required by reasons of my employment to visit Rio de Janeiro on a regular basis.…
Ruminations on South African art (in the Coach & Horses)
After months of nearly no blogging activity it felt wrong to get going again with a piece about the joy of being in my favourite pub…
Hops and Glory
“It’s not where you’re from, it’s where you’re at”, advised Ian Brown of the Stone Roses. But, according to another Brown – Pete Brown, author of…
New York – in praise of oysters big and small
Alongside generous hand-outs from native Americans, the first European settlers to cross the Atlantic largely survived off the plentiful supplies of oysters that lined the coast…
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