Snapshots of Lisbon, a city steeped in maritime history
I have been sitting on this write up for a while now, just trying to workout how I felt about Lisboa before…
Wanderlust & Life
Books: PELT AND OTHER STORIES by Catherine McNamara
Title: Pelt and Other Stories Author: Catherine McNamara Published: 2013 Genre: Fiction In between my getting stuck into the novels on my…
Putting the words on a page
In the past week I have had numerous conversations with different people in my life about the challenges of ‘getting the words…
Contemporary Art at Fondation Louis Vuitton
The sheer size of the Fondation Louis Vuitton is intimidating. Designed by Frank Gehry to look like ship’s sails, it has an…
On Reading South Africa
André Brink (1935 – 2015). Photo source: africavivre.com In making my ambitious plans to read everything and anything this year, I decided…
Gastronomy: “Le Frank” at Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris
I finally got to see the recently opened Frank Gehry-designed glass monument that is the Fondation Louis Vuitton. It truly is a…