Category Archives: Culture Vulture

Exhibitions, events, book and antiques fairs, festivals and other happenings in London, UK.

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International World Book Day

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Celebrate the book! Today – 23rd April – is World Book Day, celebrated in over 100 countries world-wide. Begun in Spain in 1923, by the Valencian writer Vincente Clavel Andres to honour the memory 0f Miguel de Cervantes ( 23rd … Continue reading

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Books & Snippets

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It’s Easter Saturday and Elizabeth Buchan and J.J.Anderson can be found at Macfarlane’s on Abbeville Road from 10.00 a.m.. They’ll be talking about their own books, (if asked) but will be happy to discuss the books and authors featured in … Continue reading

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Semana Santa in Jerez

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It was grey in London and, while I regretted leaving the newly sprung spring – the white blossom, the intense, new-minted green on the hedges – I was looking forward to warmth, sun and the scent of orange blossom. Here in … Continue reading

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Site specific

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In a break from preparations for the Clapham Book Festival 2017 I hot-footed it over to Crystal Palace Park, where the Overground Festival will take place in June this year. I had never even been to this Park before and … Continue reading

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The Life and Death of Miss Dupont…

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…is the title of a charming show by academician Anthony Green at the RA until 30th April. In the Tennant Gallery on the first floor, it takes up but a single room. Miss Dupont was Madeleine Dupont (1910-2005), Green’s mother … Continue reading