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Chelsea Flower Show 2019
It’s that time of year again! The wonderful Chelsea Flower Show is upon us. I was lucky enough to go to the Press Day this morning to have a good look round. Here we go!
ARGO Magazine Book Review
I reviewed Sofka Zinovieff’s latest book ‘Putney’ for ARGO Magazine. Here it is! Continue reading ARGO Magazine Book Review
Richmond Pembroke Lodge
Hidden in the sweeping green spaces of Richmond Park, you will find a secluded spot…
Non-Fiction September
I have particularly enjoyed reading some non-fiction this month… Continue reading Non-Fiction September
Chelsea Flower Show Article
I wrote a piece on Literature and Gardens for Spectator Life Online. Click here to read it.
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2017
It’s that time of year again!
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show Press Day.
The New Tate Modern
The Tate Modern opened their doors to the press this morning to introduce their new, massive extension.
‘Switch House’, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, is a 10 storey 200 foot structure located at the back of the Tate Modern.
‘Vogue 100’ at the National Portrait Gallery
Evelyn Waugh looks, frankly, like he’s just read a line from one of his own books in the silent section of the library, and is relying on his bracing hands on his knees to give him the strength necessary to resist the inevitable eruption of giggles from within. Waugh’s gaze seems past us, slightly over our shoulders, in Irving Penn’s square photograph from 1952. His thick wool suit is more creased than his forehead, near where the top of the photograph ends.
Snowdon’s verbose (can we use that word to describe an image?) photograph of Salman Rushdie in his London home shortly after he won the Booker Prize for Midnight’s Children shows Rushdie in a Windsor chair in the corner of the room, head turned towards us, chin in his hand, bathetic.
Continue reading ‘Vogue 100’ at the National Portrait Gallery
Fortnum & Mason, London
I was pulled by a sheer magnetism of love into Fortnum & Mason.
And went for a spin around the food hall.