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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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new york city

October 16th, 2017 | PersonalPlaces

Notes on Manhattan

Love seems to dictate where I live. I moved to London three decades ago to be with my then boyfriend. And I’m moving back across the Atlantic now for the…

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May 30th, 2017 | Places

Art-y Weekend Outside New York

Unlike London, Manhattan is pretty black and white. It’s urban with a capital U. If you want laid-back and leafy, go somewhere else. But what if you love New York…

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May 15th, 2017 | Places

Pacing Manhattan

Every time I fly to New York I have a mile-long list of cultural, art-y things  I can’t wait to see. Every time I leave New York  I get discouraged…

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September 30th, 2016 | People

Carmen Herrera – 101 and going strong

For most of her life Carmen Herrera’s pictures of vividly coloured geometric shapes went unobserved. The Cuban-American artist didn’t sell her first painting until she was 89. Now at 101…

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