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March 29th, 2010
Published in Society
by Christina Kolyva
It’s one of my fondest childhood memories. Summertime. The smell of thyme diffuse in the air, the sound of the honeybees and the cicadas almost deafening through the olive trees branches. I cut a slice of hand-kneaded bread, still warm from the wood oven and let honey drip from above, straight from a freshly cut piece of honeycomb. This has remained since then my favourite way of eating [...]
March 24th, 2010
Published in Blog
by Katy Fentress
Katy hits the town with the boys [...]
March 23rd, 2010
Published in Culture
by The Tamarind
British journalist and author, Michela Wrong has had many years experience working as a correspondent for the BBC and the Financial Times in Africa. “Its our turn to eat: the story of a Kenyan whistleblower” Is the third book she has published on the continent. In it she traces the journey made by John Githongo, a Kenyan who decides to turn on his fellow tribesmen, the ruling [...]
March 19th, 2010
Published in Attualità, Blog
by Katy Fentress
Katy feels like a teenager allowed out without parental supervision for the first time, as she criss-crosses Nairobi in a Matatu [...]
March 19th, 2010
Published in Blog
by The Tamarind
Voted the best cup of coffee in London by TimeOut and reviewed by the likes of the New York Times, The Espresso Room is a little gem in the heart of Bloomsbury. A tiny room fitting the essentials (the coffee machine and a couple of benches), it offers delicious lattes and a range of roasts. Alongside the praised coffees, home-made sandwiches are freshly prepared with good quality bread and [...]
March 8th, 2010
Published in Actualité, Culture
by The Tamarind
Although visually Tim Burton’s latest cinematographic extravaganza was all it was made out to be, story-wise, our favourite adventurous director cannot be said to have taken any risks. The film is very predictable and the characters offer no surprises. Burton’s sequel that takes place thirteen years after Alice gets back form Wonderland, is far less twisted than Carroll’s [...]
March 6th, 2010
Published in Culture
by The Tamarind
As colourful as ever, Mika delivered a great show with his recent two London dates at the Hammersmith Apollo. Building on the success of his first album, Life in cartoon motion, and exploring the world of adolescence after that of childhood – hence darker themes, more allusions, a hint of melancholy - he performed almost all the tracks from his second record, The boy who knew too [...]
March 3rd, 2010
Published in Society
by Katy Fentress
A pathway for change: how can our cities’ poorest communities craft a better future? [...]
March 2nd, 2010
Published in Agenda, Blog
by Hackney bird
Yesterday my house was completely, totally and utterly gutted. It took the builders about half a day. Who knew that what takes so long to put up can be torn down in a matter of seconds? I can’t say I feel particularly nostalgic. If anything my regrets are a product of what should have been, not of what has been the reality of my house over the last few months. Let me explain: on my [...]