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‘Medicine’: Is sober dancing the new ecstasy?

I’m on a boat in Amsterdam. It’s 8pm on a Friday and the walls are already wet with condensation. The topless man next to me is sweating…

Jan 7

‘Medicine’: Is sober dancing the new ecstasy?

Jan 7

Sun and sin in Semana Santa, Seville

Last April, I arrived in Seville during Semana Santa, or Holy Week, for the second year in a row. Starting on Palm Sunday and continuing…

Mar 29

Sun and sin in Semana Santa, Seville

Mar 29

Reclaiming Flaine, the ‘world’s ugliest ski resort’

There’s a Picasso to your left and a Vasarely to your right. Straight ahead is a Dubuffet, recognisable thanks to its blobby white shapes…

Jan 7

Reclaiming Flaine, the ‘world’s ugliest ski resort’

Jan 7

Reviewing Alice Neel: There’s Still Another I See

My first brush with Alice Neel’s brush came at the tender age of fifteen, when my GCSE art class was sent to her exhibition at the…

Nov 12, 2022

Reviewing Alice Neel: There’s Still Another I See

Nov 12, 2022

Botín’s up!: a night at the ‘oldest restaurant in the world’

Sobrino de Botín is the oldest restaurant in the world. The Guinness Book of World Records says so, and who could argue with that? It has…

Oct 12, 2022

Botín’s up!: a night at the ‘oldest restaurant in the world’

Oct 12, 2022

Polly Mackintosh

Polly Mackintosh

writer, editor & translator | mainly food, travel, culture, mental health | 90% sarcasm | https://pollymackintosh.co.uk

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