I am not a science person. It was always my worst subject at school. Even the easy classes were hard. So it was with a slight unease that I picked…
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Mark Birley’s timing was always impeccable. After a decade or so of post-war gloom, in 1963 London was ready to party, and the party was at 44 Berkeley Street. At…
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One of the nice things about my move to the States is reconnecting with old friends. Take Anne Hardy. Anne lived in London in the nineties where she was the…
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When I lived in London full-time I used to love going to London Art Studies’ monthly talks about upcoming exhibitions. The speakers not only were experts in their field, but…
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I caught up with Miami-born, Paris-based author Pamela Druckerman, following the release of her latest book There Are No Grown-Ups. Tired of grasping a decade’s point, until she’s squandered it, Druckerman…
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As I get older I only want to spend time with people I really like. So it was a delight to meet and work with photographer Jane Beiles who is…
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Earlier this week I popped into a shoebox sized gallery on the Upper East Side. I remember reading somewhere on-line about an exhibition called Stone Walls by Mariana Cook. I…
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Telling stories isn’t easy although Adam Baron makes it seem like it is. My former creative writing professor has just released his sixth book, and it’s both poignant and very…
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McQueen, the documentary, is a searingly honest, funny, sad and thought-provoking film airing on British screens next week (June 4). Don’t miss it. The life story of this East End boy…
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So I was a little late to the game with Amor Towles’ second novel, A Gentleman in Moscow. Published in 2016, the novel was on the New York Times’ bestseller…
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