New York Stories
New York Stories, the people who tell them.and the photographer who reports. A review of a photo-book that recently seduced me in a bookshop.
Reviews
Reviews of books, films, exhibitions, performances etc, and my Reading Diary. Read Other Folk’s Flowers for more details or scroll down.
On Reading and the Art of Giving Up – a reading diary entry
In this instalment of my Reading Diary: how to begin a book, how to give it a chance, why giving up is an option – and an analysis of one book I gave up on.
United Music of Brussels
United Music of Brussels was a day of music to launch a new season of classical music, and I heard it announced over the public transort address system.
To Have and to Have Not – new reading diary entry
The first entry in my new reading diary. An explanation, and a discussion about having books and giving books away. Also a bit about print media contra electronic.
Paddy’s journey: Gifts, woods and broken roads
Gifts, woods and broken roads – a review of Patrick Leigh Fermor’s trilogy of books about walking across Europe in 1933, and the allure of his story.
Pop art illuminations in Louisiana
Pop art illuminations in the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark, – the 85th most visited art museum in the world (says Wikipedia at the time I write this). Poul Gernes, Yayoi Kusama and others.
There’s something in the Brussels air
There’s something in the Brussels air – among other things the spores of yeast; also the spores of art – an exhibition of art from not so thin air
Scary Monsters and Museum Night Fever
An evening of scary monsters, strange objects, and a night out at several museums which have stepped “out of their usual context” for the evening.
Drawing the Bottom Line in Ghent
It’s very dull, misty, grey and monochrome in Belgium at present so we choose to visit the Bottom Line – an exhibition of drawing – in Ghent.
All the Books I Read in 2015
This is a list of the 30 or so books that I managed to read all the way through during 2015, together with a little information about, each of them.