Copenhagen Part 1: Nothing Rotten in the State of Denmark
Fuelled on countless films, crime drama series and trips to as many Scandinavian hang outs in London – the Nordic Bakery, the Scandinavian Kitchen and …
Fuelled on countless films, crime drama series and trips to as many Scandinavian hang outs in London – the Nordic Bakery, the Scandinavian Kitchen and …
The plot to kill and overthrow Julius Caesar took place in 44 BC. Disorder, despotic leaders and epidemic disease are things which Britain bid goodbye …
Nikolai Gogol – a contemporary of Russian literature’s other greats Tolstoy, Dostoevsky and Turgenev – spawned a species of surrealist writing that would go on …
Another one of my idiosyncratic obsessions is Russia. My attention and interest are simply drawn there. The more I learn of it, the more I …
Modern European cuisine with Scandinavian influences. I had to go. Opened in 2007 by Icelander Agnar Sverisson and Xavier Rousset, Texture received its Michelin star …
Man versus the indefatigable strength of nature. Nature will win most of the time. But sometimes the human spirit prevails – for isn’t man, after …
I’ve developed an infatuation with Scandinavian cinema. And Scandinavia in general, actually. It may be the beauty of their race, the beauty of the landscapes …
Lulu – directed by Shaban Arifi for Theatre Collection – has everything: incest, lesbian action, possession, exploitation, bloody murder, and even love. The delectable German …
Roald Dahl’s stories and their wild and quirky caricatures are an entrenched part of many a childhood. Despite an alleged aversion to children, the son …
Tender Napalm – a striking title that does what Philip Ridley’s work always manages to do: infuse the bliss of benign fantasy with something terrifying …