Reaction Contributor
Friday, 7 September 2018
Certain rituals are honoured when travelling to foreign lands. Checking you’ve got your passport, when you’ve already padded down every …
Continue reading "Notes from Rome – TripAdvisor doesn’t always get it right"
By Constance Watson
Friday, 8 June 2018
In theory, if EasyJet flies somewhere, it’s likely to be bastardised by “stag” parties, screaming children who turn out not …
Continue reading "Notes from Marrakech"
By Constance Watson
Friday, 4 May 2018
Think of Monet and you may find that your mind naturally gravitates towards water lilies. Unsurprisingly so – the French …
Continue reading "Review: Monet & Architecture at The National Gallery"
By Constance Watson
Friday, 30 March 2018
While the world watches the outstanding Charles I exhibition at the RA (King and Collector), the exhibition dedicated to his …
Continue reading "Jolly good fun – a review of Charles II: Art and Power"
By Constance Watson
Tuesday, 30 January 2018
‘A subject and a sovereign are clean different things’ declared King Charles I at the scaffold at Whitehall Palace on …
Continue reading "Charles I: King and Collector, a magnificent royal exhibition"
By Constance Watson
Friday, 5 January 2018
If there are two people that bear grisly resemblance to how we all feel right now, they are Giovanni di …
Continue reading "‘Reflections’ at the National Gallery: Review"
By Constance Watson
Monday, 11 December 2017
There are certain elements of ‘fine dining’ that make the ‘experience’ somewhat nauseating. The first is of course the phrase …
Continue reading "Restaurant review: The Other Naughty Piglet"
By Constance Watson
Monday, 13 November 2017
Salvador Dali, I fear, may be considered a ‘fashionable’ artist. One of the most vacuous things about the art world …
Continue reading "Dalí / Duchamp: a review"
By Constance Watson