B U R N

Aside from the unique summer light and the fit people, one of the great things about Norway is the unspoilt nature. People tend to asume that Scandinavia is all pretty much the same but unlike Denmark, Sweden and Norway are packed full of mountains and forests - and not so much people.

Along the mountaineous fjords outside Stavanger and beyond, the landscape is dotted with cabins within walking distance of each other. Many of them unstaffed, the door is never locked and everyone can enter anytime. They are clean, tidy places equipped with wood burners, food and all reasonable amenities. Best of all, they are run according to an ‘honesty principle’, whereby people leave the place as they would like to find it and pay for whatever they have consumed. And that is it. (more…)

Thighs like spaghetti but well worth it. How wonderful it is to get out of London and reconnect for a while…

Certain things are much more interesting when they are not intellectualised or explained away. I remember once seeing a flying lady in a pink Chanel suit after a few too many, um, drinks in Amsterdam. There is no way this bizarre event could possibly make sense to anyone but me and the other person who was there that night in Centraal Station.

Something similar could be said about Sutra, the extraordinary dance performance I saw last night at Sadler’s Wells. It involved wooden boxes, monks from the Shaolin Temple and some incredible choreography. The rest you will have to figure out for yourself.