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#DansTravels 1 - Bangkok
So here we are! A week since we boarded the plane at an awful hour at Heathrow, I'm writing this on a 7 hour coach journey between Bangkok and the northern Thailand city of Sukhothai. I've absolutely...
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Welcome to the Lesser-known London
Even if you lived in London for a hundred lifetimes, you’d never get to know it properly. There’s too much history, too many places to explore, and too much going on. Plus, it changes every time you...
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A hidden gem - Two Temple Place & Amongst Heroes
One of the exhibitions I’ve had on my list for a few weeks now is Amongst Heroes: the artist in working Cornwall, at Two Temple Place. London. This is a collection of pieces from the painters who...
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#DansTravels 3 - falling in love with Asia!
Over a month into travelling and I've done so so much! It's been a pretty rapid itinerary going from Thailand, to Laos to Vietnam, trying to see the best bits of each location. Still, we've managed to...
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Brixton’s Brand New Vintage Drinking Hole – The Effra Social
Come the weekend, it’s time to ditch the Tube and become a city flâneur. This is the only real opportunity in the week you get to stroll about London without time constraints or places you need to be....
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The Fleet and Other Rivers Below Our Feet – Bishopsgate Institute
Bishopsgate Institute is hardly a clandestine venue. For one thing, it’s moments from the chaos of Liverpool Street Station. Charles Harrison Townsend’s neo-Gothic turrets don’t do much to mute its...
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Gothic in Technicolor – Horace Walpole’s Strawberry Hill House
Ever since I started using Waterloo Station, there was something about the destination Strawberry Hill flashing up on the departure boards that seemed enchanting. Only later on did I discover that...
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Strange Pub Rituals, Victorian Dinosaurs, and Boozy Hair Salons – Easter...
Easter weekend was a markedly hectic one, so this week’s blog will fill in the accompanying itinerary to Strawberry Hill House on Easter Monday. Good Friday started off with an event I’ve been meaning...
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A Chiswick Pilgrimage – Hogarth’s House
Coordinates were set for Chiswick last weekend, as I paid homage to my favourite artist, William Hogarth.Most Londoners – and a good tranche of the rest of the universe – will already know about...
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Buying and Selling Old Rubbish – The Proper Junk Shops of London
There are a lot of people in London. Between them, they produce a lot of rubbish. There’s the rubbish that goes into landfill and the rubbish that gets recycled. Then there’s the other rubbish, which...
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A Rare Brush with Art – Acme Studios Open Weekend
There was an exceptional treat for art lovers a couple of weekends ago, as Acme Studios in Bethnal Green opened its doors to the outside world for the first time in years.Acme is a collection of over...
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A Fish Breakfast – Billingsgate Market
The Tokyoites have Tsukiji. The New Yorkers have Fulton. For savvy Londoners, Billingsgate Market is the place you go for your fish. This is where I recently headed with a couple of pals, to sniff out...
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London Literature – Staying Well-read in the City
London has given birth to some of the most mesmerising fiction in the English language. Here’s a succinct guide to our literary city.Museums In London it’s possible to snoop around the homes of some of...
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