*living in notting hill at the time of the movie of the same name, with julia roberts and hugh grant, i went to see it obligatorily at the notting hill coronet. you may remember that in the movie there is a scene of grant’s bumbling … Read More →

notting hill carnival 2008
… carnival is a pageant without footlights and without a division into performers and spectactors. In carnival everyone is an active participant, everyone communes in the carnival act. Carnival is not contemplated, and, strictly speaking, not even performed; its participants live in it, they live by … Read More →