Join me for a walk through South East London’s suburbs, looking at the city through the lens of its green spaces. We follow one of the itineraries from Paul Wood’s book London Tree Walks. A Tree Walk? What Is That? Some of you may recall that, during the winter lockdown, I was doing a lot […]
A review of Camp Siegfried at the Old Vic. Despite some top notch acting, I wasn’t quite feeling the magic of this American Nazi summer camp play. Wait… There Were Nazis On Long Island? Camp Siegfried, a play by Bess Wohl, is a curious one about a little-known piece of Long Island’s history (or at […]
This revival of Peter Gill’s Cardiff-set ‘memory play’ is not what I usually like in a theatre outing, but the production won me over. Small Change Small Change, a Both Barrels Theatre production on now at the Omnibus Theatre in Clapham, is a revival of a 1976 work by Peter Gill. Gill is both a […]
Something a little different today as we get out of London to explore a UNESCO World Heritage Site at Lulworth Cove on England’s South coast. The Dorset Coast – Important Natural Heritage I don’t always write about all the trips I do out of London. But when I went to a UNESCO World Heritage site […]
Tips and recommendations for a short trip to Salisbury, ranging from the famous cathedral to forest walks. What Can I See In Salisbury? Salisbury is a historic cathedral city in Wiltshire, near the edge of Salisbury Plain. It is a convenient jumping-off point for sights like Stonehenge, Avebury, and the New Forest, but also has […]
A last minute dash to two very different exhibitions. Charlotte Perriand: The Modern Life reveals just how big a debt we owe to this influential mid-century designer. While Epic Iran is a sweeping survey of millennia of history, from earliest archaeology to contemporary art. The Luxury Of Being Busy I am counting my blessings right […]
Some suggestions of places to visit and things to see in the historic Cambridgeshire city of Ely. Dominated by its lovely cathedral, there is enough here to fill an interesting day trip. A Day Out In Lovely Ely Today marks the final installment in the Salterton Arts Review’s excursion to Cambridgeshire. While I was able […]
A review of the Imperial War Museum (IWM) Duxford. What a lot to see, at this expansive satellite of the IWM focused (mostly) on air transport. Those Magnificent Men (And Women) In Their Flying Machines This post marks the beginning of an excursion to Cambridgeshire which the Salterton Arts Review undertook recently. Over the next […]
A review of Bagdad Cafe, a vibrant play which reopens the Old Vic. The mood will stay with me longer than the story, but a fun evening nonetheless. From The Californian Desert To The Old Vic Sometimes I think that if my knowledge of films were better, I wouldn’t have so many surprises when going […]
A review of Claudia Andujar: The Yanomami Struggle, a photography retrospective with a political and indigenous rights agenda. Beautiful and haunting, Andujar’s work is more important now than it has been in several decades. Who Are The Yanomami? “Ah yes, the Yanomami” said my other half when I came home after seeing this exhibition. “Everyone […]
