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Leisure Archive
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Drawn in Colour: Degas from the Burrell
Posted on September 19, 2017 | No CommentsJohn Westbrooke sees the French artist’s work from Glasgow put on show in London London’s national collections were famously slow off the mark when it came to acquiring the work... -
Three Reasons Why El Camino de Santiago is One of the Best Long-Distance Trails in the World
Posted on September 18, 2017 | No CommentsAt 800km long, the El Camino de Santiago trail is one of the toughest, yet most popular long-distance hiking routes. Starting at the St Jean Pied de Port in France... -
Scythians: Warriors of Ancient Siberia
Posted on September 17, 2017 | No CommentsA striking exhibition about a little-known people intrigues John Westbrooke The Scythians, subject of a new exhibition at the British Museum, are such a mysterious people that the museum suggests... -
Jane Austen 200 years on
Posted on September 12, 2017 | No CommentsJohn Westbrooke visits the literary home of the great British novelist Two hundred years after her death, visitors are still coming to the house in Hampshire where Jane Austen spent... -
Peter Morrell reviews Memoirs of a London boy in the 50s and 60s
Posted on September 6, 2017 | No CommentsNostalgic Memoir Revels in South London’s Simple, Happy and Possession-less Past Written from the early life of author Keith Coleman-Cooke, ‘Memoirs of a London boy in the 50’s and 60’s’... -
Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power, Tate Modern
Posted on August 10, 2017 | No CommentsThis exhibition celebrates the work of Black artists working in America through 20 years of turbulent times from 1963 to 1983. Rupert Parker takes a look In USA, in the... -
Matisse in the Studio
Posted on August 7, 2017 | No CommentsA new exhibition shows not only the paintings but the things that were painted, reports John Westbrooke The surprise of the Royal Academy’s unusual new exhibition is just how many... -
LEGO® fans – BRICKLIVE is coming to Belfast and Birmingham
Posted on August 1, 2017 | No CommentsChris Hurley reports on the London Excel event where both the adults and the children enjoy everything Lego® The UK’s largest LEGO® exhibition, BRICKLIVE, is now on tour arriving in... -
‘The Wind In The Willows’ Themed Michelin Starred Picnic
Posted on July 19, 2017 | No CommentsLaunched by St. James’s Hotel and Club in collaboration with the new West-End musical Celebrate the quintessentially British musical this summer with a delicious picnic hamper created by Executive Head... -
Summer in the Tyrol, Austria
Posted on July 18, 2017 | No CommentsUntil recently, winter sports were the main attraction in Austria’s mountain resorts but summer activities are now coming into their own. Rupert Parker gets a taste The Tyrolean village of...