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Opera and Plastic Chairs: Aida, the best chain in the world
I'm generally really opposed to chains. I think they sap a lot of joy out of cities, make things too predictable and make it harder for independent businesses to survive. One of the things I liked...
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The Brooklyn Flea Market in Winter
I'm in Cambridge at the moment, but I was in New York for a week exactly thirteen months ago. It seems everybody who visits New York wants to move there, and I'm no exception; I've missed the city...
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Lithuania: Vilnius in (Mostly) Photographs
Vilnius, capital of Lithuania, doesn't have the easy quirky fun of Tallinn or the stylishness of Riga. The Baltic states are usually grouped (and visited) together, though I went to Vilnius this...
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New York City: Chelsea in December
I haven't returned to New York (though I wish I had), but a) a friend was there last week auditioning grad schools and eating at places I recommended, and this ignited more nostalgia and b) my laptop...
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Photos: Countryside Rugby
Snow has fallen on the daffodils and it seems winter might last forever, but once in February we had a warm day and I took some photographs. I'm not that into rugby, but I really enjoyed the afternoon...
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Musée et Jardin Albert Kahn: the loveliest place in the Île-de-France
The world has really been spoiling me with photographic subjects this week, but the Musée et Jardin Albert Kahn made Monumenta look like a thirty cent lollipop. I've been wanting to visit since reading...
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On the Restoration of Notre Dame de Chartres
I came across a rather scathing article on the restoration of the Cathedral at Chartres recently, which reads along the lines of ‘go now, before it’s too late’. In actuality, as I discovered when I...
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Aix-en-Provence, the Cambridge of the Sun
The idea of going somewhere specifically to do work is always kind of stressful for me, but really the flight to Aix-en-Provence always changes my mind. On the left, mountains float like clouds above...
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Christchurch Cathedral and the City's British Past
I wrote this article for NZ News UK; it was originally published on July 24th, 2012. It seems certain now, for most New Zealanders living overseas, that George Gilbert Scott’s Christchurch Cathedral...
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Wild Literary Parties
I went to London last night with some friends for Pyramid Schemes, a one night exhibition by Lawrence Lek and The White Review. I only took my phone, so don't have any amazing pictures, but thought I'd...
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Villa Borghese & the Pincian Hill
Sculpture and springtime! Villa Borghese was probably my favourite part of Rome.
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Melbourne and May Week
May Week, wonderful and stressful and strange in that Cambridge way, has just ended. My limbs are exhausted and my friends are dispersing quickly and dramatically, disappearing permanently to jobs or...
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Most Travel Writing is Bad: Tokyo on the Seine, by Elaine Sciolino
I sigh at the New York Times often, and especially at the travel section. Two days ago, Elaine Sciolino wrote a ridiculous article on visiting Japanese places in Paris. It includes the phrase "some...
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On Ely, Summer, and Photos Without People
I always refused to include people in my photographs when I was a child; I took that idea of the 'untouched landscape' (which I now find very problematic) to an extreme. I've become more willing to...
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Cambridge History of Art and Architecture Graduate Seminars, Michaelmas 2013:...
For those who are in the United Kingdom, I thought it might be worth mentioning a seminar series I'm co-convening this term. Our theme is 'Art and Urbanity' and we have some amazing speakers from all...
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King's College Studio 54 Formal
I've done photography for the last two King's graduate formals. This is a small selection of pictures from the formal at the end of summer, which was Studio 54 themed. I really like taking photographs...
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Communism and the Christmas Formal
I will probably put a few of the photographs I took at the King's Graduate Christmas Formal on this blog soon (both because I'm pleased with them and because I like the idea that this can serve as a...
View ArticleThe Politics of Hidden Images: Display and the Gurlitt Collection
As usual, I haven't had much time to update this blog, but for those interested, I have an article up at King's Review on the discovery of artworks in the Munich apartment of Cornelius Gurlitt last...
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The Eastern End of Waiheke Island
I went to New Zealand briefly over New Year. It feels much longer than five weeks ago.We went to Stony Batter one afternoon. It rained for the drive over to the Eastern side of the island, stopped...
View ArticleDoisneau Les Halles at the Hôtel de Ville, Paris
The main problem with the free exhibitions at the Hôtel de Ville is their popularity. Queuing becomes a test of stamina and often by the time you’re at the front of the line you long for a cup of...
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