Category Archives: Culture Vulture

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

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Performance

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‘All the world’s a stage‘ as we know, but there are also occasions of specific performance (some of which I review for The Story Bazaar).  How far is a literary panel discussion one such?  And how does that compare, if … Continue reading

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The Spoken Word

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On a freezing January night last week I wound my way across south London to a warm and jolly bar in Crystal Palace, there to meet with the Chair of Trustees and some volunteers from the Crystal Palace Overground Festival … Continue reading

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Maggi Hambling

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I confess that I first came across Maggi Hambling in the 1980s as a team captain  in a short-lived modern art TV quiz show called ‘Gallery’.  Fellow panelists, including George Melly and Frank Whitford, looked very inebriated and everyone behaved … Continue reading

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On the wings of imagination

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On Wednesday I went to Java, Bali and Indonesia by way of the magic carpet which lies to the north of Great Russell Street. For the first time ever in my experience there were so many people wishing to visit … Continue reading

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Festival de Jerez 2017 Preview

Next year’s twenty-first international Festival of Flamenco in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain runs from 24th February to 11th March 2017 ( see Festival de Jerez 2017 Plus ).  The Programme of events can now be found on the Ayuntamiento … Continue reading