Terence Conran
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 – […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]