There’s no place like Heimat
Another English vlog for Das Theater Magazin, on “Heimat”, a word that has no direct equivalent in English. You can see it here
Crumbs
A very quick bread-making demo on video for Das Theater Magazin: https://www.der-theaterverlag.de/theatermagazin/dtm/theatermagazin-112017/brotbacken-mit-christopher-gillett/
Crap Museum
Today I was going to go to Tian’anmen Square, not because there’s anything there I particularly wanted to look at, but because it’s huge, hugely symbolic and a place where you can still witness the forces of authoritarianism at work. It’s where you are most likely to find triumphant statues celebrating Mao and the revolution,…
Stylophobe
Years ago my wife and I used to buy, very occasionally, a magazine called Wallpaper. I’m not sure why we did, as it seemed to be aimed at a radicalised wing of Observer colour supplement fanatics; the sort of people for whom weekends in thousand quid a night hotels are stock-in-trade, who spend four figures…