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Watch – People We Meet On Vacation
Poppy is running away from whatever it is, the fear of being ordinary, the fear of a predictable life in her small town of Linfield Ohio because in her words, once a small town defines you that is it, that is all of it. Alex is a guy who seeks home, seeks grounding, seeks the…
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KERRY JAMES MARSHALL – THE HISTORIES
Blacker than black with layers of complexity and richness. Our history loud and full, quiet and beautiful. I couldn’t love this exhibition any more than I do, so much so, I saw it twice in one day then went back the next day to see it again. I stood in awe and was moved to…
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JANUARY…
Oh January… you most auduous of days and weeks and month! It’s always a hard month with the hardest week of the year, the first week back at work coming off the most wonderful time of the year when the world takes a collective pause from the grind and goes full tilt into happiness mode.…
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12 Days of Advent | Day 12: Happy Christmas Darling
What does Christmas mean to you? You’ve seasoned your chicken, cleaned your skirting boards, overdone it on the shopping, presents are wrapped and under the tree or piled on the table or in nooks and crannies but Christmas is much bigger than these elements that pull it all together. In the simpler term, Christmas means…
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12 Days of Advent | Day 11 – Make Time To See Some Art
Kerry James Marshall at the Royal Academy of Art: a history of and celebration of Black love, resilience and survival with pivotal moments in between. Nigeran Modernism at The Tate Modern: one work; Tutu underpins this astonishingly beautiful exhibition. Marie Antoinette at the V&A: of late I have been fascinated by the young queen whose…
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12 Days of Advent | Day 10 – Chase The Winter Sun
BA has a sale going at the moment and my favourite thing to do is to plan my year’s travel during the sale and whittle it down to two or three if I am extra rebellious. In the winter months I have two options; Marrakech or Venice; there something ever so wildly beautiful about going…
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12 Days of Advent | Day 9: The Windows- Selfridges, best in show
Pay attention retailers and brands big and small, it doesn’t matter how much or how little money you throw at something, if the story is lost, you lose your audience; tell the story. In the words of William Forrester; PUNCH THE KEYS! From Finding Forrester, one of the best movies of all time. Selfridges, oh…
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12 Days of Advent | Day 8: The Windows- Fortnum & Mason & Liberty
FORTNUM & MASON In 3rd place is my beloved Fortnum’s; I am not sure what it is, but I wanted more from these windows. What Fortnum’s does, in storytelling and capturing that magic of Christmas, it does really well but it was only pipped by Liberty’s because it did what Fortnum’s does but also wove…
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12 Days of Advent Day 7 | The London Walk
As if you needed to be reminded that I am a lover of London, but I feel the need to remind you that I am a lover of London in the most intimate and ridiculous of ways because it is simply the best city in the world; culture, art, history, welcome… The best time outside…