I've been steadily watching Shifty over the last couple of weeks too! If you're into your Adam Curtis, would highly recommend this podcast he did with Blindboy a few years ago when "Can't Get You Out of My Head" came out. It's interesting to hear him talk about how he's been able to make the documentaries he wants to make at the BBC. https://shows.acast.com/blindboy/episodes/adamcurtis
Also - the Blindboy Podcast in general is just brilliant!
For the V&A East, if you know when you want to go about a month in advance, you can book a slot to look at some objects from their collection. You just order them online and they bring them out to you and you can handle them (with gloves).
Mouki Mou slaps hard. Possibly the best selection of clothes in London.
The framing of information around items in a gallery/museum is tricky, as you can easily spend more time reading about something than looking at it.
Maybe taking a quick photo of the QR code to read up on later is the answer? Because yes scanning QR codes and public smart phone culture in public generally is cursed behaviour.
For more on the olfactory tip, highly recommend the Avestan shop in soho. A mysterious yet welcoming door leads you into a warm and sparse shop with 2 items in total. A singular fragrance, in oil and spray. Prices are confoundingly affordable given the location, around 30/50£ a bottle. The fragrance itself it only available for purchase in store in that location only, making for a super unique and rare experience, and on top of that, the fragrance absolutely slaps.
I've been steadily watching Shifty over the last couple of weeks too! If you're into your Adam Curtis, would highly recommend this podcast he did with Blindboy a few years ago when "Can't Get You Out of My Head" came out. It's interesting to hear him talk about how he's been able to make the documentaries he wants to make at the BBC. https://shows.acast.com/blindboy/episodes/adamcurtis
Also - the Blindboy Podcast in general is just brilliant!
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For the V&A East, if you know when you want to go about a month in advance, you can book a slot to look at some objects from their collection. You just order them online and they bring them out to you and you can handle them (with gloves).
https://www.vam.ac.uk/info/order-an-object?srsltid=AfmBOoqVWg9MSjquTBp166Z_8GOiraBzs-nN0NdxIsdUdaSemSpZXRZQ
Amazing, thought it was just for students… glad it’s for students of life
That Fabric/Style chart is sexy as hell
Mouki Mou slaps hard. Possibly the best selection of clothes in London.
The framing of information around items in a gallery/museum is tricky, as you can easily spend more time reading about something than looking at it.
Maybe taking a quick photo of the QR code to read up on later is the answer? Because yes scanning QR codes and public smart phone culture in public generally is cursed behaviour.
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For more on the olfactory tip, highly recommend the Avestan shop in soho. A mysterious yet welcoming door leads you into a warm and sparse shop with 2 items in total. A singular fragrance, in oil and spray. Prices are confoundingly affordable given the location, around 30/50£ a bottle. The fragrance itself it only available for purchase in store in that location only, making for a super unique and rare experience, and on top of that, the fragrance absolutely slaps.
Barbican is sick—the Noah Davis show there was great. Recommend checking it out to anyone in LA as it is now there <3
Tamil Prince is absolutely, as the kids say, the bee's knees. The bees effing knees.
Just booked my reservation for my last night in town!
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