Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Pearls of Montenegro’s property market
I remember my first visit to Montenegro in 2006 as a mixture of awe at the landscape and horror at the concrete tangle of Herceg Novi, the border town with Croatia. There were no direct flights at that time so you arrived in Dubrovnik and crawled along the coastline on a terrible road drinking in […]
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Enjoy barefoot luxury in Sardinia
The north-east corner of Sardinia was almost unknown until the 1960s when the Aga Khan came here and began to develop luxury hotels. Now almost everyone associates Sardinia with the Costa Smeralda, Porto Cervo, super yachts and celebrities. But there’s another side to the Gallura region. Indeed much of it remains wild and uncultivated and […]
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Royal Academy Summer Show 2018 is Lemon Tart alright!
Roll up, roll up, for the Greatest Show on Earth!!! The Royal Academy of Arts celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Summer Exhibition with two related events, the usual rooms packed with random works by amateurs works alongside the all too familiar entries of Academicians such as Ken Howard and Michael Craig-Martin. In tandem there […]
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Landscape photo competition that’s open to all – deadline nears
Incredible photography is on display at London Paddington until June 24 as part of the Landscape Photographer of the Year, one of the few photography awards in the country that is regularly won by amateur photographers. If you miss it there, you can catch it at Charing Cross from 25 June to 8 July. Main […]
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A summer of fine art
Monet and Architecture Who needs another Monet show? This was the view of a cheeky Time Out reviewer who thought we had perhaps had enough of water lilies. It struck a chord because some art degrees (mine included) refuse to teach ‘the Impressionists’ because they are not cutting edge enough and are also rather over-exposed. […]
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The mystery of Greek gates
Greek gates are like fingerprints – no two appear to be similar
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What to do when you inherit a Tudor mansion with a leaking roof (but no ghosts)
(Get the conservation officers to bat for you)
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Will Madrid beat Barcelona on home pitch?
Where to invest post referendum
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Mayfair’s East Side Story
THE booming art market has had a curious side effect on property – nearly all new residential developments in London now declare that they part of a new ‘cultural hub’. We have seen it in Nine Elms, Battersea, White City, Shoreditch, Bow and beyond. Burlington Gate, the new Native Land development on the doorstep of […]
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The best art shows of spring 2018
Charles I: King and Collector It is strange to reflect that King Charles I was executed just 15 minutes walk from Burlington House where a monumental show of works collected by the monarch has just opened. The scaffold was erected in front of the Banqueting House of the Palace of Whitehall, the ceilings of which […]
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