Reviews

Showdown – Upswing / The Albany, London

In Showdown, Upswing turns the TV talent-show format on its head, mixing circus spectacle with sharp reflections on ambition, risk, and control. Showdown This is it: the final of the competition to decide the new face of circus arts. Six contenders remain, battling it out in a series of challenges to determine the champion. Sound […]

Historic Sites

Dr Johnson’s House, London

A rare surviving Restoration-era house in the City of London, Dr Johnson’s House tells the story of a man whose influence on the English language continues to the present day. Samuel Johnson, an Introduction Today’s post is about Dr Johnson’s House, a small museum in the City of London. But who, first of all, is […]

Museum Tours

Kirkaldy’s Testing Works, London

Just a stone’s throw from Tate Modern, Kirkaldy’s Testing Works speaks to Southwark’s industrial past and the ingenuity and single-mindedness of one man, David Kirkaldy. Another ‘New Museum’ in London One thing I love about London is how much of it I still have to see. I’ve lived here about 15 years now. And yet […]

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