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  A History of British Architecture: Norman Britain: 1066 to 1150 AD

  A meander through the history of British Architecture by era. Part 4 The Normans.

  April 20, 2026
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  A History of British Architecture: Anglo-Saxon and Early Christian Britain c. 410 to 1066 AD

  A meander through the history of British Architecture by era. Part 3 The “No So” Dark Ages.

  April 20, 2026
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  The Line and the Circle

  Two formal languages run through the whole of British architectural history, and the tension between them is the engine of everything worth discussing.

  April 17, 2026
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  Medea @sohoplace theatre review *****

  Medea @sohoplace, 17thh March 2023 April 431 BCE. Day 5. City Dionysia. Athens. Aeschylus’s boy Euphorion has already paraded his dramatic wares as has arch-rival (and more successful) Sophocles. Euripides rocks up with his 3 tragedies, Dictys (no, me neither), Philoctetes (misanthropic soldier, later a winning tale for Sophocles) and,…

  March 21, 2023
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  Catching up (Part 6)

  June 2021 Oleanna – Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath – 28th June – ***** Finally an opportunity to scratch that travel itch. The SO was forced to drive the Tourist around some of the loveliest parts of Northern England in early June, but the attractions were almost entirely architectural and…

  November 28, 2021
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  Catching up (Part 5)

  May 2021 La Clemenza di Tito – Royal Opera House – 18th May – *** First live event out of the block in 2021. A visit to the socially distanced ROH with BUD to see La Clemenza di Tito, Mozart.s late opera, from 1791, with libretto from  by Caterino Mazzolà, after Pietro…

  November 21, 2021
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  Catching up (Part 4)

  January 2021 to April 2021 The novelty of digital entertainment by now very much worn off but, fortunately, there were plenty of other worthwhile distractions (the return of birdwatching after four decades perhaps the most surprising) for the Tourist to mask the lack of live cultural stimulation. (And travel, which…

  November 10, 2021
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  Catching up (Part 2)

  March 2020 First week of March 2020. I see that I was still out and about but I also see that I avoided a few entertainments before the cancellations started in earnest and the first lockdown kicked in. I remember feeling a little nervous but obviously no precautions taken apart…

  October 25, 2021
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  Catching up (Part 1)

  February 2020 Yep. You read that right. February 2020. Just before you know what kicked off and the stages went dark. You would have thought that the last 18 months would have given the Tourist plenty of time and inclination to continue reporting on his cultural journey. But no. Despite…

  October 18, 2021
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  The Tin Drum at the Coronet Theatre review *****

  The Tin Drum The Coronet Theatre, 24th February 2020 I know. This is ridiculous. Posting some comments on something the Tourist saw over 18 months ago. But I started. So I’ll finish. And with some cracking live theatre now under his belt, the Tourist’s cultural mojo is back with a…

  October 1, 2021