A guided tour around (the outside of) London’s Charterhouse. In which it is a real privilege to get an insight into the workings of this historic site and almshouse from one of its inhabitants. A Guided Tour? Is That Allowed Yet? Thanks for checking, but yes it is! Provided it complies with all the rules, […]
An illustrated walk along the Thames, taking in many of London’s historic curiosities. Theatres and sewers and docks, oh my! Picking Up Where We Left Off Today’s walk is a continuation of this earlier walk which started in Chelsea and ended in Westminster. The walk comes from John Wittich’s 1973 book Discovering London’s Curiosities. As […]
A walking tour through the remaining traces of Roman London. This walk is a companion to the earlier tour of Londinium’s Roman walls. Roman sites are few and far between today, but nonetheless anchor us to history and the city’s origins. We Begin Our Walk – Cleary Gardens and the London Mithraeum A Walking Tour […]
A walk along the boundaries of London’s Roman city walls reveals few traces of Londinium but centuries of London history. Discovering The Roman City So, then. While cultural activities are outdoors-only, I am continuing my series of heritage walks to dust off my collection of guidebooks and discover different aspects of London’s history. Last time […]
A look back at the things I did manage to see despite all the obstacles of 2020, as the Salterton Arts Review counts down the top five highlights of the year. The Salterton Arts Review in 2020 2020, what a year. I can’t say anything that hasn’t been said already about it, so I won’t […]
Review of Bruce Nauman at Tate Modern. A very attractive exhibition, but I’m still not sure of the ‘so what?’ when it comes to Bruce Nauman’s art. Back at Tate Modern – Didn’t I Say I Wouldn’t Do This? Do you remember a couple of months ago when I reviewed Tate Modern’s Andy Warhol exhibition? […]
A review of the exhibition Among The Trees at the Hayward Gallery. In which the subject matter is more interesting than it sounds, but the aesthetic is privileged over the informational. The Whole Thing is About Trees? Among the Trees at the Hayward Gallery is an exhibition where, when I first heard the concept, I […]
Nobody’s Baby Staged in the Paul Hamlyn Hall at the Royal Opera House, which is normally a pre-show bar and restaurant, Nobody’s Baby instead transformed the space into a 1930s American dance hall. And we, as the audience, became spectators at a dance marathon. Depression-era dance marathons, eventually outlawed, preyed on the destitute and […]
