Steven Spielberg’s long-anticipated musical remake of West Side Story has reignited interest in the New York of the late 1950s and early 1960s. The film’s storyline famously takes place in New York’s Manhattan’s San Juan Hill and the Lincoln Square neighbourhoods, two of my favourite areas of the city. […]
I’m walking across the shingle beach at Dungeness, reflecting on how the landscape is very different from anywhere else I’ve been in Britain. It feels like I’ve reached the outer margins of another world although I’m just on the extreme southern edge of the Kent coast. A million […]
‘Manhattan’ is a glorious celebration of New York, a bitter-sweet love letter from Woody Allen to the Big Apple. It’s also one of my favourite American films of all time. Finding myself in New York a few weeks ago, I decided to go in search of iconic locations […]
Portland in Oregon is a city that always makes me think of my favourite American singer songwriter, Elliott Smith, who spent his formative years there after moving from Texas as a teenager. It’s strange how the atmosphere of the city soaks into Smith’s music. The new documentary film, ‘Heaven Adores […]
Greenwich Village, New York, 1961. Imagine the excitement of being at the heart of New York’s folk revolution as it was about to kick off in the early 1960s. The times they were a-changing and popular music was undergoing a huge cultural shift. A young Bob Dylan was […]
Road trips are one of life’s great joys which is why I enjoy heading to the hills in a camper van so much. It’s the ultimate road trip – one of the reasons I was so drawn to the new road movie, Nebraska. Nebraska is a film that […]
Formula One in the 1970s was risky, competitive and oddly glamorous, largely because of the charismatic drivers who vied for pole position in the sport – James Hunt and Niki Lauda. Posh Brit James Hunt and Austria’s driven Niki Lauda were arch-rivals, fuelling one of the most exciting […]
SeaWorld in Florida was one of my favourite tourist attractions when I visited the marine park on holiday in the early 1990s. Dolphins, killer whales, seals and rays were some of the amazing animals that could be seen at close quarters. But the highlight was watching the killer […]
It’s a truth universally acknowledged that everyone loves English country houses, Jane Austen and classic Regency novels. This year marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. So I thought it would be a good time to catch up with the new Austen […]
Back in 1973 I experienced a life changing moment watching Top of the Pops on British TV when David Bowie appeared on the screen. Not only did he project the image of a rock god, he was wearing an astonishing and provocative outfit, unlike anything I’d seen before. […]
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