Went from Chilling in Alaska to Doing the Shore in Jersey
How about a four-day trip to London and Paris, with two days in each city?
– Travel+Leisure
We agree that sounds way too short, given that between the two European capitals there are 177 Michelin restaurants, 325 museums and galleries, 371 theaters, and over 490 nightclubs.
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Following Christmas and New Year, January can be tough on the bank balance, but admiring arts in London needn’t set you back.
– Evening Standard
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Significant new measures to boost the UK film industry have been announced in the long-awaited report from the BFI’s Commission on UK Independent Film in London today.
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Better known for its lavish jewelry – think gleaming emeralds, dazzling diamonds and the deepest azure sapphires – it’s no surprise that stepping into Bulgari Hotel London is like finding yourself encased in a jewelry box.
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I would love to do a tour like this! I really enjoying focusing on a single topic. Maybe “food” or “music” or “public art”. It helps me to narrow down what I want to see and where I want to go when there are too many choices otherwise. Such a fun way to travel. This would be a spectacular way to visit London!
Visitors to London will invariably notice ceramic blue plaques dotting facades of houses and buildings in honor of famous former residents. There are more than 900 of them around the capital, managed by the English Heritage trust.
Some plaques bear the names of illustrious figures in music, including Chopin, Mozart and Bartok. For a deeper dive into musical history, here are some composers, performers and conductors whose names may be new to you, along with the addresses of their individual plaques.
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Tish Murtha’s relentless vision can be characterized by a single trait: empathy. She unflinchingly investigated forsaken communities crippled by ineffective government policies and bleak living conditions.
Despite her notable output — powered by an active home darkroom — her work went underrecognized throughout her life and after her sudden death in 2013. Last year, her daughter Ella spearheaded an online campaign to publish a limited-edition book based on Murtha’s series “Youth Unemployment.” She is now having her first retrospective, “Tish Murtha: Works 1976-1991,” on view at The Photographers’ Gallery in London through October 14.
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The Film London Jarman Award has announced the shortlisted artists for 2018. Five solo artists and one duo are in contention for this year’s award, which comes with £10,000 (about $13,200) and recognizes United Kingdom–based artists making moving-image work.
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Open-air food markets have become a new genre of summer entertainment, with late opening hours and a festival atmosphere. From bao buns in west London to roast pork in south east and the finest drinks to wash all the irresistibly Instagrammable food down with, this is the GQ edit of the very best street food destinations the capital has to offer…
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