The barmaid’s attitude here in this Bloomsbury pub is less than welcoming. My innocuous question, “Are you serving food?”, is met with barely a nod, accompanied by a look of disdain. She has a sullen look on her face. It’s as if my query is such a drag, such an imposition. She doesn’t bother saying […]
‘Nothing to Declare’, Actor’s Studio, Brussels
Just after midday I get to Actor’s Studio cinema via the lobby of the Floris Arlequin Grand Place Hotel. The box office lights are on, but the phone is ringing unanswered. When I try opening the door to the cinema, it is locked. So I abandon my attempt to buy a ticket in advance for this […]
‘Melancholia’, Cinecenter, Amsterdam
Typical early September weather today. Menacing clouds and light rain one minute, clear blue skies and sunshine the next. When the sun comes out it is wonderful to be walking here in the breeze along Singel and Herengracht canals. The bright September sun is sparkling on the water. The leaves on the trees are a […]
‘Machete’, Wald 9 Cinema Shinjuku, Tokyo
Yamatane Museum of Art’s new exhibition has just started. Its full title is ‘Establishing Modern Art in Japan: The Artists of the Nihon Bijutsuin, from Yokoyama Taikan to Hirayama Ikuo’. The exhibition includes paintings by artists active in the Meiji, Taisho, Showa and Heisei eras. Hoping that it will be as good as the Yamatane’s previous […]
‘Kantsubaki’, Asakusa Meigaza, Tokyo
According to official statistics, the sunniest public holiday in Japan is Culture Day, which is held every 3rd November. And so it turned out earlier this week, when a beautiful autumnal day with blue skies and sunshine drew me and thousands of others to Yoyogi Park to enjoy the leaves that were just beginning to turn […]
‘Greetings from Tim Buckley’, Café 16cc, Amsterdam
Oude Kerk stands impassive and severe, a hulking spiritual presence unperturbed by the Red Light District activities going on in its vicinity. I have often walked past Oude Kerk but never gone in before. This is my first visit, and this great old church turns out to be well worth a visit. When I enter, I’m […]
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