Arts Review: V&A Dundee.
It is obvious from the get-go that the new Victoria and Albert Museum is here to rescue Dundee. It could …
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Arts Review: the Knife Angel.
The countryside around the British Ironwork Centre is big and fair. There are immense blowsy trees that stand, watching almost …
Should St Peter’s Seminary be Left to the Wilderness?
St Peter’s Seminary stands ruined in the woods outside Cardross. It is a two hour and twenty minute train ride …
The Distress of the Scottish Parliament.
Progeria is a devastating but fortunately highly rare genetic disorder in which children age up to ten times faster than …
Book Review: Secret Edinburgh, An Unusual Guide.
Edinburgh’s Doors Open Day, an event which is no doubt so wonkily titled to avoid the acronym ODD, will see …
Tunisia: Getting Down To Business.
“Is there anything wrong with this page?” The UK FCO’s Travel Advice on Tunisia. Over April, Tychy ran a series …
Tychy’s Tunis: Partying in Tunisia.
I am not going to review any of the restaurants that I visited in Tunis, primarily because reviewing restaurants has …
Tychy’s Tunis: A Word On Where To Live.
On my first night in Tunis, I stayed in a large city-centre hotel. At this point, I was still not …
Tychy’s Tunis: Advice and Comments on the Medina, from the Roof Terrace of the Café El M’Rabet.
I have climbed up to the very top of the Café El M’Rabet. You have to first venture through a …
Tychy’s Tunis: The Grandeur That Was Rome.
The sun has got its hammer out and the strokes are beating on my brain. Tunis in April usually mixes …
Tychy’s Tunis: The Sanctuary of Tophet.
I am discussing the apparent Punic custom of child-sacrifice over dinner with my hosts. I cannot bring myself to believe …
Tychy’s Tunis: Sidi Bou Said.
All aboard for Sidi Bou Said! I am riding on the Tunis-Goulette-Marsa or TGM, a light rail service which runs …
Tychy’s Tunis: Carthage.
Perhaps I am swimming against the tide in visiting the Carthage National Museum after visiting the Bardo. The latter is …
Tychy’s Tunis: Alcohol.
I am hot and cross after walking around the medina and I decide to start the day all over again …
Tychy’s Tunis: Mosaics.
Sometimes the vast rooms of the Bardo are so draughty and impersonal that the building more resembles a national gallery …
