If you don’t have much time to spare in Cairo, a little excursion to al-Muizz Street gives an insight into one of the city’s many historic faces. A Hare-Brained Scheme, But A Good One In The End I explained in my last post that, on my very first trip to Egypt, the Urban Geographer and […]
Ahead of a visit to the shiny new Grand Egyptian Museum, I decide to check out where it all began – the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. A Long-Awaited Trip Today on the blog, we are embarking on a series of posts about Egypt.* I’ve mentioned before that the young Salterton Arts Review wanted to be […]
A third and final selection from the Camden Fringe, The Bride (蚕女) is a meditative and visually impressive work. Physical theatre and moving image combine to explore female identity and generational inheritance. The Bride (蚕女) My third and final pick from this year’s Camden Fringe, and it’s very different from the others. Firstly, I was […]
Dr. David Craggs provides a guest post on the Architekturzentrum Wien, including (now concluded) temporary exhibition Abundance Not Capital: the lively architecture of Anupama Kundoo. Urban explorations What is the purpose of architecture? For those of us with more than a passing interest in the urban, pondering such questions can be a keenly held occupation […]
A 900-year-old work gets an immersive update in Bitter Visions: By Order of Hildegard. Presented by Ololyga as part of Grimeborn Festival 2026. Bitter Visions: By Order of Hildegard I’ve lived in London for quite a long time now, and yet until yesterday had never been to either Glyndebourne or Grimeborn Festivals. Glyndebourne, you may […]
My second outing to this year’s Camden Fringe is to see Gammelstad, a historic drama exploring social and religious life in 19th century Sweden in the context of one family. Gammelstad As long-time readers know, I really enjoy theatre where I learn something. This is the case with Gammelstad, a one act historical play which […]
Curator Jacqueline Springer addresses a historic imbalance by celebrating the importance and influence of Black British music. Come with me as we visit The Music is Black: A British Story. The Exhibition Space at V&A East – the Museum’s Main Draw? In my last post, I introduced the new V&A East museum at Stratford. A […]
I visit one of London’s newest museums, V&A East, part of the development of Stratford as a cultural quarter. London, I Can’t Keep Up No, I’m serious. Between exhibitions, theatre, other sights to see in London – before you even start thinking about doing things outside London once in a while – I can’t keep […]
A speculative insight into the mind of one of America’s most famous writers in Edgar A. Poe’s Last Call, written and performed by Scott Robinson. Caution: spoilers ahead. But spoilers for real events in the life of Edgar Allen Poe – can you have spoilers for things that happened more than 150 years ago? Poe’s […]
A final museum visit in Hong Kong takes me to Flagstaff House and its Museum of Tea Ware, a mix of colonial architecture and Chinese tradition. A Final Museum Stop in Hong Kong Thank you for joining me as I packed in as many cultural activities as possible during my recent trip to Hong Kong. […]
