January 20, 2010I admit: we went to see the Misanthrope because of Keira Knightley. Well, not exclusively, because the prospect of experiencing Martin Crimp’s version of Molière was an appealing idea, too. And appealing it was. I am usually not prepared to pay full-price tickets for the best seats in the theatre, especially when those seats are […]
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January 20, 2010And I thought London’s tourist hotspot was largely void of decent real ale pubs…enter Tom Cribb. Named after a famous 19th century boxer who ran a pub in the same street, this pub is now owned by Shepherd Neame. It is very small, and given the location, you would expect it to be crammed after […]
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January 16, 2010Great to have creative friends: it is a lovely idea to rent a youth hostel for a fortieth birthday celebration. It is even better when the hostel is at the sea. January, though, may not be the best time to visit, but is that a hindrance? Of course not, so a nice group of people […]
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January 13, 2010As I am not exactly living in Islington, I cannot claim that this is my local, but the Camden Head is definitely my most visited pub in the Angel area. Wait a minute: Angel? Why is it called Camden Head then? The name derives from the Camden Passage, or Camden Walk, where this nice pub […]
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January 13, 2010Chain restaurants can have acceptance problems: they may be able to build a community of fans and supporters, but anti-globalists and individualists tend to treat them with scepticism and a critical attitude. I have known Giraffe since they had about four restaurants in London; meanwhile they have expanded quite a bit. I must say that […]
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January 11, 2010“Mr Rusk, you are not wearing your tie!” Last words of Alfred Hitchcock’s penultimate movie Frenzy, closing the story without any post-climax resolution in the most direct way with uncompromising clarity. While the film does not tell at all what would happen next, we all can be sure, because at the end all storylines and […]
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