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Aqaba, Jorda, sunset view

28th November 2019 • 3 Comments A balmy night in Aqaba

“To Aqaba!” was Lawrence of Arabia’s war-cry over a century ago, and which I was...

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Fiona Dunlop is a seasoned travel and food-writer who has been ‘abroad’ for much of her life. She doesn’t count countries but aims to dig deep beneath the surface of the places she visits. Food has increasingly become her focus, without forgetting art, architecture and design. Andalucia (Spain) is her second home, but French her second language!

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Inimitable - whether you like Victoriana or not. T

Inimitable - whether you like Victoriana or not. Tonight’s Prom concert included the world premiere of an Icelandic piece by Anna Thorvaldsdottir - spectral as they say
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#alberthall #concert #victoriana #icelandicmusic #promconcert #archora #londonlife

Phenomenal performance by Jodi Comer in this filme

Phenomenal performance by Jodi Comer in this filmed play - still transfixing audiences at cinemas 3 weeks after release. We tried desperately to see it on the ‘first night’ but all sold out 🙁
Comer plays a barrister making an excoriating condemnation of the legal system for sexual assault (1 in 3 women said to be victims). Shocking, memorable, brilliant.
Go now - still playing at numerous cinemas. What an actress - though you can skip the musical intro
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#primafacie #jodicomer #nationaltheatre #filmedtheatre #barristerattrial #onewomanshow #monologue #greatacting #londonlife

Here’s this morning’s fabulous haul of blackbe

Here’s this morning’s fabulous haul of blackberries from Hampstead Heath - though lack of rain means they’re rather small & not that sweet
Compote coming up 😋
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#blackberries #foraging #bowlofberries #summerberries #hampsteadheath #londonlife

Rich luscious textured…you can see the fashion

Rich luscious textured…you can see the fashion eye of curator Ekow Eshun in this exhibition In the Black Fantastic @hayward.gallery - all about black identity, perspective & fantasy. Amazing
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#intheblackfantastic #exhibition #soundsuits #nickcave #hewlocke #linairisvictor #contemporaryart #blacklivesmatter #blackart #London life

Compelling drama @almeida_theatre in Patriots by P

Compelling drama @almeida_theatre in Patriots by Peter Morgan, putting Russian oligarchs & dissidents of the 1990s centre stage. Tom Hollander enacts a rivetingly manic Boris Berezovsky, ultimately responsible for Putin’s rise to power. And that role is a tour de force by Will Keen who uncannily (& frighteningly) mimics Putin’s body language, stance & strut.
Abramovitch & Litvinenko there too.
A brilliant enactment of a key decade
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#patriots #petermorgan #almeidatheatre #putin #berezovsky #political drama #londontheatre #londonlife

What a fiesta! Mexican mariachis (a rare all women

What a fiesta! Mexican mariachis (a rare all women’s group - in all my time in Mexico I never saw one) performing for a family party in the neo-Palladian setting of Lloyd Square, Islington. Surreal.
For another perspective (with me in orange 😳) see @bob.baldwin. And 🙏 to @janbaldwin y la familia
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#mariachis #womenmariachis #mexicanmusic #party #fiesta #anglomexicanfusion #londonlife

It’s been too long! Back at Iranian @nutshelllon

It’s been too long! Back at Iranian @nutshelllondon to scoop up their delicious summer menu - whipped feta, herbs & walnut, pea & watercress , lemon tahini, preserved lemon & puffed quinoa … I’ll stop there but no shortage of other exotic flavours. Plus Nutshell’s cool setting & Armenian wine (was it?)
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#iraniancuisine #nutshell #iranianrestaurant #lunch #middleeastern #summermenu #greatbread! #londonlife

Life in the shade… when it’s hot : : #londonga

Life in the shade… when it’s hot
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#londongarden #potted #keeptotheshade #citygarden #highbury #londonlife

#cat #heat #fan #londonlife #40degrees #catlife

#cat #heat #fan #londonlife #40degrees #catlife

We’re told to keep hydrated - not sure if the go

We’re told to keep hydrated - not sure if the government meant this kind. A rowdy boozy musical afternoon in Hackney yesterday
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#speakeasy #dalston #brazilianevent #hydration #drinks #hackney #londonlife #heat

Fires rage over Southern Europe - inspiring this i

Fires rage over Southern Europe - inspiring this incredible photo by Paulo Cunha in Portugal
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#wildfires #climatechange #portugal #mansavessheep #iconicphoto #paulocunha

Night & day - spot the cupola of St Paul’s on th

Night & day - spot the cupola of St Paul’s on the horizon - @nationaltheatre
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#nationaltheatre #southbank #hotnight #lightfantastic #londontheatre #londonlife

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