(Re)Acquaintance with the Archaic Girls

A tour at the Acropolis Museum, Athens. Given that this is my first August spent in Athens (instead of the ordinary summer drifting on a picturesque beach on a Greek island), I’m trying to make the most of it. One of my first expeditions in the city was the long...

Unforgettable Amy…

Amy Winehouse‚Äôs last recording with idol Tony Bennett on one of her dad‚Äôs favourite songs, Body and Soul. Today it’s been one year without Amy Winehouse. No matter how predictable it was for some, the music community as a...

Bend it like Jamie

Martha Payne and Nick Nairn at his cookery school. http://neverseconds.blogspot.com.es/2012/06/different-day.html Have you ever wondered why the vast majority of chefs are men? Sure, successful female chefs do exist, but men clearly transcend in this profession. Such...

The learning pleasure within museums

Girls in front of Anne Frank’s famous wall of pictures inside her attic room. http://www.annefrank.org/en/Anne-Franks-History/From-hiding-place-to-museum/Visitors-over-the-years/ ¬† The International Council of Museums (ICOM) first embarked on the...

What happened to all those 90s starlets?

Drew Barrymore as Gertie in E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial. Current generations from 30 onwards can easily recall the famous young actresses of the 1990s. It seems that abrupt success and recognition didn’t turn out for the best in all of the cases,...

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