If your feet give out completely after days of tramping round the museums in Florence, one way to get round town is to hire one of the new electrically-powered golfing buggies which have become a familiar sight around town. There’s room for a driver and three passengers – two of them facing backwards – and [...]
Archive for August 2008
Electric Buggies
August 31, 2008Frontal: Berlin Images
August 26, 2008East Berlin photographers Mirko Zander and Matthias Nickelmann spent two years combing the streets of the city to find their subjects. The result, currently on show at the alternative Brotfabrik arts centre, is a series of 170 portraits of ‘ordinary Berliners’. From surly pensioners to mad-eyed artists and the yuppies who now inhabit the newly [...]
The King’s Singers
August 24, 2008The Musée d’Orsay’s English music season continues with this concert from the illustrious vocal ensemble The King’s Singers, which tonight perform music by Britten, Stanford, Gilbert & Sullivan, Morley and others.
Eating out in New York
August 18, 2008“What can I get for ten dollars?” “Anything you want.” Yes, it’s true. New York is home to every kind of food imaginable, and with our attitude good quality is a must. Besides the ethnic enclaves that dot the city, certain types of food pervade every area. Chinese food, pizza, and bagels are the best [...]
Take the blue COTRAL night buses
August 9, 2008A lot of people have early morning flights from Rome’s Fiumicino airport and are forced to take a taxi which costs upwards of 70,000 Lire. An alternative, however does exist in the form of blue COTRAL night buses. These leave Tiburtina station four times a night at 0.30, 1.15, 2.30 and 3.45. For most travellers, [...]
