Cultural Explorations

  Are modern human frauds?  We certainly have an desire to impress.  Social media has perpetuated our yearning for acceptance and intellectualism.  When did the cosmetic of how something [...]

  Rare books have an image problem. To the unfamiliar, they seem to have the epithet of ‘boring’.  Musings begin with something like: “It’s a book that is, well, old. I can buy a new copy [...]

  Temperamental.  Showmanship. Resilient.  Impactful.  These are words often associated with the Baroque titan George Frederic Handel.  In musical terms, his oeuvre consists of many operas [...]

  The brainchild of Parisian’s Prosper & Martine Assouline, Maison Assouline off Piccadilly stands proud.  This eclectic publishing house and lifestyle brand has been making a name for [...]

Estimated time to read this post: 4-5 minutes Of antiques, American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson once said “Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the [...]

Personally, I used to love History at school.  It always had such a heady mix of power-struggles, love-affairs, battles, and clandestine plots designed to further agenda’s in one or all of these [...]

The Proms is a landmark event with a mixed image.  It’s grand status as a bastion of classical music events, is overshadowed by perceptions of an ageing audience, and a prejudice of being too [...]

The liberty and individualism of the Enlightenment age, the celebration of nature and beauty throughout the Romantic era, and the focus on industry and morality within the Victorian period.  Now [...]

On a sunny July afternoon, a visit to the Southbank Centre, or Royal Festival Hall, and a chance to submerge myself in Angels, Demons, Tragedy and Death… Just the way to spend a happy summers [...]

Heading away from bustling Oxford Street, one must not be influenced by the inauspicious exterior, as here lies a lesser-known national museum gem of The Wallace Collection…..     A bit [...]