Marienfelde Refugee Center Museum, Berlin
“Between 1949 and 1990, about four million people left East Germany (the DDR) for…
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Das große Museum
Johannes Holzhausen’s latest documentary Das große Museum is a composed muse on Vienna’s monumental Kunsthistorisches Museum….
Life & Death: Pompeii & Herculaneum
I took in a double bill at the British Museum when I swung back into…
MEXICO CITY
One week on and I’ve pushed through the jet lag to sort a few pics…
Costa Brava, Espagna
Fly into Barcelona and head north to explore Catalunya. Two great hotels are the Aigua…
Smooth and Elegant. A gift from the 1930s, SE9
Tra la la. Gorgeous, glamorous Eltham Palace. She of the remote, impossible to get to…
19 Princelet Street, E1
This building opens very sporadically. Open House in Sept and the odd day – including…
The Etiquette of Drinking: a history of drinking in Europe from 1400-1700
I’m a bit crazy about food history so try and stop me from going to…
Leighton House, W14
Located on the edge of Holland Park this artist’s gorgeous house and studio is…
Sutton House, E9
I couldn’t walk past Sutton House again – it was high time to go…
Nuclear Bunker, Essex
Another trove of delights await in Essex…..in this ‘secret’ cold war bunker. Decommissioned a few…
Natural History Museum – behind the scenes…
I used to be a devoted member of the Natural History Museum – being one…
How to Lose a Museum
The Royal College of Surgeons on Lincolns Inn Fields WC1 houses the Hunterian Museum. This…