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Elena Bowes

New York-London design & culture writer of a certain vintage looking for meaning and wholeness in life

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June 13th, 2014 | Places

Ham Yard Heaven

Prepare to be dazzled by Firmdale’s latest, largest and boldest hotel, Ham Yard. From the huge bronze Tony Cragg sculpture  in the leafy courtyard to a Texan, solid maple, 1950’s…

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June 6th, 2014 | People

The Imaginary Genius of Bill Viola

 American video artist Bill Viola captures what it is to be human in all its raw beauty. Birth, death, mortality, love, suffering, despair are all there in stark moving imagery…

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May 7th, 2014 | Places

Hipster Heaven

I can’t think of a cooler, more relaxed European city for young people or the young at heart than Berlin. (Barcelona is up there too). This past weekend my boyfriend…

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May 1st, 2014 | Places

Photography Prize 2014

Photography fans should stop in at the Photographer’s Gallery near Regent Street in London. The work of four  very different shortlisted candidates for this year’s Deutsche Borse Photography Prize is…

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April 28th, 2014 | Places

The London Original Print Fair

I enjoyed walking through this intimate but packed art fair yesterday. Above is an eye-catching print by Marc Quinn. The fair is London’s oldest and offers an easy way to…

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