1991: The Greatest Year in Music?
I’ve resisted temptation for long enough and decided to join the swelling tide of music enthusiasts looking back at what […]
Top Ten Lists: The Best Actresses of the 2010s.
The following list of the best actresses of the 2010s was always going to be a subjective choice on my […]
On my stereo this week: Gordi, Husky & First Aid Kit.
Gordi – ‘Volcanic’. The idea of making electronic folk music – blending acoustic arrangements with electronic elements – is something […]
History Painting: ‘The Death of Cleopatra’ by Jean-André Rixens, 1874.
Cleopatra is often portrayed as a beautiful Egyptian women who used her own political shrewdness and sexual allure to secure […]
History Painting: ‘The Last Day of Pompeii’ by Karl Bryullov, 1833.
Pompeii and Herculaneum are Roman cities from late antiquity that don’t need any introduction. There has been so much said […]
On my stereo this week: Tori Amos, Cat SFX & Fenne Lily.
Tori Amos – ‘Reindeer King’. There is something always so familiar about Tori Amos that keep me coming back to […]
Interview: Whitney Tai talks about her new album ‘Apogee’.
Los Angeles-based dream pop sensation Whitney Tai invited us all recently to “…find a lawn nearest you, gaze into the […]
Cinemas Greatest Scenes: When Anita Ekberg kisses Jerry Lewis in Hollywood or Bust.
Long before I first really noticed Anita Ekberg through ‘adult eyes’, I saw her in a rerun of Hollywood or Bust (1956) […]
Drinking Tuscany: Chianti Classico and its connection to history.
I have never been to Italy and it is not to say that I will never go, but about six […]
For The Love of Wine: A brief history of South American Wine.
Years ago a good friend of mine presented me with a bottle of Malbec wine imported from Argentina. I looked […]
