On the brink of extinction: Tbilisi's hidden art nouveau
This article was originally published in Kunstpedia in August 2012The curving lines of wrought iron and delicate motifs of Tbilisi’s art nouveau have been forgotten. The “Great Art Nouveau Cities of...
View ArticleFalling Star Magazine Fall 2012
So after a very long selection process we're finally getting the new issue out. I've never realised how much work goes into putting together a literary magazine until I got the job with Falling Star....
View ArticleMadrid's Best Kept Secret - The Lázaro Galdiano Museum
This article was originally published in December 2012 (a year ago to the day, actually) on Kunstpedia. Madrid’s status as one of the great art capitals of Europe’s stems from the big three – the...
View ArticleDiscovering Darmstadt: The City of Art and Science
The German city of Darmstadt rarely makes it onto the tourist route. This is understandable, since from a afar it just looks like your average German industrial town, but upon closer inspection you'll...
View ArticleInnovation, Contradiction and Modernity - Encountering the 30s with the Reina...
This article was previously published on Kunstpedia. The exhibition is running until the 7th of January 2013, so you have a few days to still catch it. The volatile decade of the 1930s saw the rise of...
View ArticleSussex by the Sea: The Curious Case of Eastbourne
Eastbourne is one of the iconic British seaside resorts you'll find scattered along the East Sussex coastline. For a long time, I never really understood the appeal of my hometown* as a holiday...
View ArticleGauguin: From the exotic to the avant-garde
Only a few days left to see this stunning exhibition (finishes on the 13th of January 2013). Go while you still can! Originally published on Kunstpedia. Running away to escape his Parisian demons,...
View ArticleDrinking with Hemingway: A pub crawl tour of his haunts
This article was previously published on My Vacation Source. If there is one thing Madrid doesn’t lack – it’s bars. The neighborhood of Malasaña alone contains one bar per seven people; so going out...
View ArticleLa Venencia, Madrid
*I'm undertaking a course in travel writing with MatadorU, and this was one of the assignments we had to do on travel narratives - where you have to immerse yourself in the story.*My heels click down...
View ArticleWhy Tbilisi doesn't deserve to be on the "worst cities" list
The Georgian capital of Tbilisi has been all over the travel news today, and for all the wrong reasons. A post on CNN’s travel page, “Redeeming sights in the world’s ‘worst cities’“, offered a...
View ArticlePlovdiv, Bulgaria: Europe's Oldest Inhabited City
Originally published on The Huffington PostAs the bus drove through Plovdiv's suburbs, after a two-hour journey from the capital Sofia, I felt like I was visiting an old friend. I have had an inner...
View ArticleFalling Star Magazine Fall 2012
So after a very long selection process we're finally getting the new issue out. I've never realised how much work goes into putting together a literary magazine until I got the job with Falling Star....
View ArticleMadrid's Best Kept Secret - The Lázaro Galdiano Museum
This article was originally published in December 2012 (a year ago to the day, actually) on Kunstpedia. Madrid’s status as one of the great art capitals of Europe’s stems from the big three – the...
View ArticleDiscovering Darmstadt: The City of Art and Science
The German city of Darmstadt rarely makes it onto the tourist route. This is understandable, since from a afar it just looks like your average German industrial town, but upon closer inspection you'll...
View ArticleInnovation, Contradiction and Modernity - Encountering the 30s with the Reina...
This article was previously published on Kunstpedia. The exhibition is running until the 7th of January 2013, so you have a few days to still catch it. The volatile decade of the 1930s saw the rise of...
View ArticleSussex by the Sea: The Curious Case of Eastbourne
Eastbourne is one of the iconic British seaside resorts you'll find scattered along the East Sussex coastline. For a long time, I never really understood the appeal of my hometown* as a holiday...
View ArticleGauguin: From the exotic to the avant-garde
Only a few days left to see this stunning exhibition (finishes on the 13th of January 2013). Go while you still can! Originally published on Kunstpedia. Running away to escape his Parisian demons,...
View ArticleDrinking with Hemingway: A pub crawl tour of his haunts
This article was previously published on My Vacation Source. If there is one thing Madrid doesn’t lack – it’s bars. The neighborhood of Malasaña alone contains one bar per seven people; so going out...
View ArticleLa Venencia, Madrid
*I'm undertaking a course in travel writing with MatadorU, and this was one of the assignments we had to do on travel narratives - where you have to immerse yourself in the story.*My heels click down...
View ArticleWhy Tbilisi doesn't deserve to be on the "worst cities" list
The Georgian capital of Tbilisi has been all over the travel news today, and for all the wrong reasons. A post on CNN’s travel page, “Redeeming sights in the world’s ‘worst cities’“, offered a...
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