Given the grim winter weather this week I thought I’d share these festive images. OK, so Christmas is over but the festive decorations at Le Printemps department store in Paris were so charming that they merit being seen even after the event. Come on, who wouldn’t smile at the idea of meerkats in space? The […]
Places
Marlborough House, London
Another discovery for me during Open House was Marlborough House on Pall Mall. Well I say on but pedestrians actually go through a little gateway and down an alley before coming to this splendid entrance below. No photography was permitted inside as it is the headquarters of the Commonwealth of Nations and the seat of the […]
The ladies’ powder room at Claridge’s hotel, London
Ah, Claridge’s! I was seduced by this hotel from the moment I stepped in and just had to share the glamour of this room, too grand to be just the loos and reminiscent of those black & white movies where the heroines retreat to powder their nose. It’s an Art Deco joy with painted walls, […]
Royal Society of Chemistry, London
Open House London gives us, the public, the opportunity to visit buildings of all kinds not normally open to general view during the rest of the year. One of the venues I visited this year was the Royal Society of Chemistry where I wasn’t expecting to find these two contemporary stained glass windows within the complex […]
Nobu Shoreditch hotel, London
I recently toured the newly opened Nobu Shoreditch, with interiors by StudioMica and restaurant & bar by Studio PCH The guest rooms are obviously a bit less accessible than the public areas so I’ll concentrate on them here. The rooms share a combination of urban brutalism (concrete ceilings and exposed services such as sprinklers) from the Shoreditch location […]
Artists at The Other Art Fair in Bristol – 4 of 4
This is the last of the group posts showing Abigail Bowen’s smaller paintings, one of regular exhibitor Ali Yanya’s prints, Clare Cutts‘ moody treescape print and Elaine Kazimierczuk’s colourful garden paintings.