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View of the week: Harrods owl
Exiting Harrods department store the other night, we stumbled across an enchanting spectacle – this beautiful, inscrutable owl, perched above Knightsbridge Tube commuters, was the subject of an impromptu photo-frenzy. I overheard the owl’s handler say that it was an eighteen month old female, but as to the species, does anyone know? Photos by […]
(Re)View from the red carpet: The Hobbit
December 18, 2012
Christmas came early for us this year. Thanks to a generous friend with connections, we were gifted a pair of precious tickets to the highly anticipated royal premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey on Wednesday 12th December 2012. We are big fans of the achievements of Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Richard Taylor & Tania Rodger, and were thrilled to attend the […]
View of the week: Museum of Curiosity
November 24, 2012
Mike Snelle’s pop-up Museum of Curiosity in Soho is what you would get it you threw the Natural History Museum, the Soane Museum and Lassco into a cooking pot, and seasoned the mix with pinches of Keith Lo Bue, Adbusters, Lewis Carroll and VAST. There’s a distinct whiff of the Museum of Jurassic Technology about the place too, which my mate Physicus just reminded me of. […]
View of the week: Dead Can Dance
October 28, 2012
We were privileged to catch the cult, goth, world fusion, ambient, art-rock, eastern-inspired (take your pick of adjectives) musical act Dead Can Dance perform last night at the Royal Albert Hall - the only UK stop on their 2012/2013 world tour. Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry were on absolute top form, their voices as strong and perfect as any […]
View of the week: A Long Way Down
September 27, 2012
Scurrying along Lambeth Palace Road last week, heading for the Gardening Museum, we spotted a film set right by Lambeth Bridge on the south bank of the Thames. Now, it’s not uncommon to stumble across film crews as you make your way around London, but in this case, three high profile actors were on set – […]
View of the week: Lassco Brunswick House
August 4, 2012
Lassco Brunswick House and cafe in Vauxhall is the kind of place you go when your shopping list includes hand-carved garden settings, British Museum library tables, vintage aluminium suitcases, American flags, kitsch movie posters, wig stands, cut-glass chandeliers, stuffed bobcats, church pulpits and stained glass, ex-National Opera costumes, African tribal masks, Bicorne hat boxes, ammonite fossils, harmoniums, model airplanes, Regency fireplaces, and Carrara marble toilets. […]
View of the week: Animal Inside Out
July 20, 2012
Gunther von Hagens‘ unique and awe-inspiring plastination techniques are currently being showcased at South Kensington’s Natural History Museum, in Animal Inside Out. Subjects include a shark, an ostrich, a gorilla and an elephant, and while the exhibits are light on scientific or anatomical description, they are certainly impressive to look at, and a good source of inspiration for further […]
View of the week: Assange in Ecuador
July 2, 2012
Just a stone’s throw from the shiny super cars and decadent food halls of Harrods department store, an interesting political stand-off is in progress. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is seeking political asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy, and is staying there as a guest while his application is considered. His fear is that, once he is taken to Sweden for […]
View of the week: Lamborghini Uncovered
June 21, 2012
You still have two more days to visit Lamborghini Uncovered, which features six classic Lamborghinis on public display at different locations around London. Yesterday we saw the cars at Finsbury Avenue Square, surrounded by many (mostly male) admirers. They will be at Potters Field Park on Friday 22nd June, and at Marble Arch on Saturday 23rd June. […]
View of the week: Hirstmania
May 18, 2012
Tate Modern is currently hosting a Damien Hirst retrospective, which has attracted a lot of mixed publicity. I’m no art critic, but I know what I don’t like. Thanks to a borrowed Tate Member card, I was able to disapprove of the artworks in person, at no cost. It goes without saying that photography is not allowed inside […]
Bloomsbury Bytes
- Dirty Wars: Jeremy Scahill @ Doughty St May 16, 2013
- In Search of Classical Greece April 3, 2013
- View of the week: UCL’s Institute of Making March 16, 2013
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