A unique museum that transports us into the past in a way not many museums can. Sir John Soane’s Museum is actually Soane’s house, preserved unchanged as much as possible and housing his extraordinary collection of antiquities, architectural drawings, sculptures, and paintings. You get two for one here: an outstanding collection and an experience curated …
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It is not a self-help book, but sometimes it hits similar notes. Justyna Mazur, Polish blogger and podcaster, shares with her readers the eleven times in her life that felt like the end of the world. Since she wrote the book you can safely assume she overcame them, to share the experience. I got this …
The first play of 2022, so I won’t be picky. A very decent comedy with an excellent performance by Tamsin Greig. It also nicely dovetails with the topic of this blog, as the play is about Margaret ‘Peggy’ Ramsay, who was a theatrical agent. I had fun, laughed, was in the theatre where I could …
Continue reading Peggy for You – Alan Plater, dir. Richard Wilson
It is not proven that Elizabeth's personal equilibrium was set off balance by the slant of the office floor, nor could it be proven that it was Elizabeth who pushed the building off its foundations, but it is undeniable that they began to slip at about the same time. She was not even interesting enough …
This is only the third novel by Jackson, and yet it clearly shows her incredible skill in building atmosphere. A skill that I haven’t seen matched yet. The way she slightly twists the ordinary to make it unnerving, slightly creepy to all the way scary and then back again, as if nothing happened, this is …
It is the second of my 2022 resolutions and a way of saying goodbye to London. You can check my progress on the theatre front here. To start with I don’t think it’ll end with just 12, actually, I’m sure it won’t. I want to give everyone a fair warning. Having just started to try …
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In December 2021 going to the theatre for the first time since February 2020 felt truly special. One thing I do love London for is the easy access to the best theatre in Europe. It’s all here on our doorstep and if you hunt well the tickets can be cheaper than VIP seats in a …
Continue reading Four Quartets – T.S. Eliot – 2021 – dir. Ralph Fiennes
It may be a hard situation to imagine, but please try to picture Agatha Christie writing a satirical crime novel about a Polish architecture firm during communism. The book is filled with crazy characters that function in an even more crazy environment. A good mystery with a huge dose of humor. As always in the …
Continue reading Wszyscy Jesteśmy Podejrzani – Joanna Chmielewska
If life for once goes according to plan then by end of October, at the latest, I should be enjoying the mild Spanish autumn. That said London is a huge part of my life. I lived here for the past 12 years and in many ways, good and bad, it shaped me as a person. …
An uplifting if naive take on lives that need changing. Interestingly played between a granddaughter and grandmother adding the layer of complexity that comes with age. A book that means to make you feel good and for the most part achieves it. Yet another book that came with one of the subscription boxes, I don’t …
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