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Terence Conran

September 12, 2020by Chris Leave a comment

Well, Terence Conran died today. He was 88, so perhaps it wasn’t a great surprise but it definitely feels the end of an incredibly important design culture that began in […]

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England

Hotel des Arts, Saigon, Vietnam

May 2, 2020by Chris Leave a comment

Now for something completely different, as Monty Python used to say. Remember them? Saigon (to the people of the south – Ho Chi Minh to the northerners) is vibrant. Very […]

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Vietnam

Salts Mill Diner, Saltaire, West Yorkshire

April 30, 2020by Chris Leave a comment

The days of the paternalistic approach to looking after your workers has, apparently, long gone. To be fair, for many employers in the industrial and post-industrial period, it had as […]

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England

The Tetley, Leeds

February 26, 2020by Chris Leave a comment

The papers are full of the joys of leaving London and moving north. Young people are finally seeing the benefits of cheaper housing, cheaper beer (though not restaurants unless you […]

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England

Notting Hill Carnival, London

August 30, 2019by Chris Leave a comment

Well, it started in 1959 apparently. In St Pancras Town Hall, of all places although, after sixty years this is the 53rd Carnival? Claudia Jones started it in 1959 to […]

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England

Murano, London

August 28, 2019by Chris 1 Comment

It’s been a bit of an Italian summer – not the temperatures up in Yorkshire – but the language training in the Veneto and Torcello. Compared with last summer – […]

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England

Olafur Eliasson at Tate Modern, London

August 28, 2019by Chris Leave a comment

When we’re “up to London” we like to take in a gallery or two. Nothing compares with the offering in Yorkshire (YSP, Hepworth, etc….yawn…Ed) but we’re alway open to new […]

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England

Venice Biennale 2019

June 30, 2019by Chris Leave a comment

Every couple of years Venice hosts the art festival that is the Biennale. It’s all very, well, arty. A chance for (1) someone to feel important curating the exhibition and […]

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Italia

Street Food Tour, Hanoi

June 25, 2019by Chris Leave a comment

You come to Vietnam for lots of things – the culture, the people, the countryside, the history…and the food. So many fresh flavours. People had told us to avoid it […]

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Vietnam

Maison Polanka, Siem Reap, Cambodia

June 19, 2019by Chris Leave a comment

We arrived at Maison Polanka after three weeks travelling – flying, driving, sailing – around Vietnam and Cambodia. We moved every couple of days, the longest being the sail up […]

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Cambodia

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