3 Cafés in: Prague

“It is up to our intellectuals to support the café by visiting it and thus keeping it in our Czech hands and on the same excellent footing.”

Bristol’s Museums Part 2: The Harbourside

Not all the art is on the streets.

It’s raining. You’d planned to trail the Banksys and the bright new Upfest pieces, maybe retrace the pirates in the Old Town. But it is raining and it is raining hard and you couldn’t even make out the tags in this downpour, so what’s the point? Where can you go for art now in the trendiest city in the South West?

Part 1 of this series takes you up The Hill, aka Park Street. This article will stay on the flat, by the rippling water and fluttering pennants of the Harbourside.

The Doors of Prague

When people talk about Prague, they talk about its magicians, its musicians, its unspoilt Baroque charm.

What people don’t usually talk about are its doors.

Step through the gateways to the Threshold City.

Bristol’s Museums Part 1: The Hill

Not all the art is on the streets.

It’s raining. You’d planned to trail the Banksys and the bright new Upfest pieces, maybe follow the pirates’ footsteps in the Old Town. But it is raining and it is raining hard and you couldn’t even make out the tags in this downpour, so what’s the point? Where can you go for art now in the trendiest city in the South West?

There and Back Again

When I was little I wanted to be an explorer. One of my parents (my mother insists it was my father and vice versa) told me everything had already been found, and exploring wasn’t a job any more. So I told them I’d be a traveller, instead. I’d find the cool things, and then I’d go on and find some more cool things.