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Monthly Archives: August 2012
Atlas Film Corporation Studios, Morocco
In the early 1960s when David Lean was directing Lawrence of Arabia, he came to the southern Moroccan town of Ouarzazate, situated high up in the Atlas Mountains, to film. Attracted by the air of exoticism, clear skies and expansive desert, … Continue reading
Posted in Arts & Culture, Travel
Tagged Alexander the Great, Atlas Film Corporation Studios, Atlas Mountains, Babel, Berber, Black Hawk Down, David Lean, Gladiator, Kindun, Kingdom of Heaven, Lawrence of Arabia, Marrakech, Martin Scorsese, Mohamed Belghmi, Morocco, Ouarzazate, The Last Temptation of Christ, The Living Daylights, The Mummy Returns, Tichki Pass
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The Kingham Plough, Chipping Norton
Since relocating from London to Oxfordshire nine months ago, I’ve been on a mission to find the best gastropubs in the Cotswolds, and I can report that they really don’t come any better than the The Kingham Plough at Chipping Norton. … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Wine
Tagged AA Gill, Alex James, Blur, Chipping Norton, Cotswolds, Kingham, sous vide, The Kingham Plough, The Sunday Times
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Firefly, Jamaica
“Firefly has given me the most valuable benison of all: time to read and write and think and get my mind in order. I love this place, it deeply enchants me. Whatever happens to this silly world, nothing much is … Continue reading
Strawberry Hill, Jamaica
The ascent to Strawberry Hill is one of the most thrilling rides ever. Leaving the oppressive heat of Kingston behind, winding upwards through the narrow roads, lush green vegetation and occasional hairpin bend of Jamaica’s Blue Mountains to an elevation … Continue reading
The Search for John Travolta’s White Suit
Now remembered as one of the most iconic costumes in cinema history, the white 3-piece suit worn by John Travolta as Tony Manero in the 1977 film, Saturday Night Fever, has been discovered in London by the Victoria and Albert … Continue reading
