Tag Archives: fun
November 3, 2011 

Taking a step back into real movie making – the Lomokino

Just as the Tate Modern has installed a piece of work by Tacita Dean that s the first work in The Unilever Series devoted to the moving image, and celebrates the masterful techniques of analogue film-making as opposed to digital, the people behind the wonderful Lomo cameras have launched the Lomokino.  Related Posts:Best video app for [...]

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June 19, 2011 

Dragon boat racing at the Royal docks, London

Teams from across the country compete in dragon boat races – boats with decorative dragon heads and tails that hold 20 paddlers and a drummer at the helm. There are also kung fu demonstrations, a traditional wishing tree, stalls, arts and crafts. Here’s a little flickr gallery of the early races and the wishing tree. [...]

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March 1, 2011 

Beijing, home to 24 million….

Arriving by train does not prepare you for what Beijing has prepared. The light drizzle outside the window of the carriage window hides most of what Beijing has to show. Navigating your way out of the station is a simple as following the crowd – thousands of people all moving in the same direction. Outside [...]

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March 1, 2011 

Moscow – Trains and Ladies

Arriving at Leningradski station bang on the schedule time is a pleasant surprise – getting a taxi is not!  So, being from London I head straight for the Tube.  Ah, first issue with maps and guides printed in the west – they’re all in English and don’t have a Russian Cyrillic translation.  So it’s a [...]

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