Exploits in Istanbul 6.1 After a morning of useful things – doing the washing and buying stringy cheese and artichoke hearts (but not Turkish waiters’ trays, as although the tray bit comes off, the tripod […]
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classic walk
Exploits in Istanbul 5.2 We decided that it sounded a good project to walk the land wall. It was built in the 5th century – 6.5 kilometres of stone walls and towers, separating the old […]
cold feet and counters
Exploits in Istanbul 5.1 Up early to beat the queues at Aya Sofya, which is quite stunning. The tombs are separate, and you must take your shoes off before going into each one, so feet […]
yalis
Exploits in Istanbul 4.2 In Arnavutköy there are loads of very lovely yalis (that shouldn’t have a dot on the ‘i’, but I can’t do that) – grand wooden houses for the summer built from […]
cisterns and bazaars
Exploits in Istanbul 3.2 The Grand Bazaar is a collection of wonderful buildings full of lots of stuff. But the streets below had some gloriously disturbing child mannequins. Lots more, but these are the best/scariest. […]
gallivanting 3
The Jerwood Gallery in Hastings is a lovely building, although they clearly haven’t quite worked out what to do about the seagull guano streaks on the glazed black tiles. It works really well with the […]
gallivanting 2
On the Monday we drove to Winchelsea Beach and walked back to Rye Harbour along the sea through the nature reserve. Robin’s knee had had enough by then, so after lunch I walked back to […]
new stairs, new hang
Ali and Debra and I finally got to meet up at Tate Britain to see the refurb and the new hang. The staircases are spectacular – very fine indeed. And the new hang, of which […]
spaces
To the Royal Academy to see the Sensing Spaces exhibition. It’s a series of rooms in which different architects/architectural practices have been asked to explore the space. The lack of pretension and a complete absence […]
ridiculous to sublime
It could almost be spring. Kenwood looking its absolute best in the sun… the ponds gleaming… everything perfect… It’s only when you look down that you remember it couldn’t. Not for quite a while yet, […]