If you’re looking for a cheap and cheerful place to stay in London then Z Hotels is worth investigating. The recently opened Z Hotel Shoreditch is right by Old Street station so well located for the area.Walk in to the small friendly reception area for check-in. A lovely touch is the offering of wine and cheese served […]
Z Hotel Shoreditch
A visit to Wilton’s Music Hall
Tucked away near Tower Bridge is a pedestrian passage where you will find this doorway, leading to the gem of Wilton’s Music Hall. Regularly used as a film location and open once more for performances, this is the only remaining original and active music hall venue in London. You can join a history tour as we […]
Lines of Beauty – work by Geoffrey Preston
Geoffrey Preston is one of the UK’s foremost architectural sculptors whose skills are used in restoration as well as for new projects. Lines of Beauty is an exhibition of his work, including his restoration of the Rococo plaster ceilings at Uppark House for the National Trust as shown below. I came across this exhibition when visiting the Foundling […]
Glass seen at New Designers
There is an innately seductive quality to glass. Charlotte Broadley, from Edinburgh College of Art, showed a collection called Deteriorate based as you may have guessed, on origami and the imperfections of a process of transformation. For me it was all about the geometric rawness of quartz and crystal. Jo Mitchell from the University of Sunderland […]
Performed Painting at The Ryder
The Ryder is a small project space in Bethnal Green and I was able to attend a recent private view for their Performed Painting exhibition. As you can see from the images below, the show looks at the act and enactment of painting. Is it action painting or our idea of action painting? The Spanish artists […]
A vintage summer fair – Carter’s Steam Fair
Now that Dreamland in Margate has reopened, the vintage fun fair seems to be on the rise. An earlier concept is Carter’s Steam Fair, started in 1977 by John & Anna Carter, who began collecting old fairground rides and restoring them before touring the country to share their enthusiasm. Everything is lovingly restored, even the show […]