Culture, high and low
May. 28th, 2006 10:35 pmThis weekend at the Tate Modern: a Thai market -- everything £1, apparently it's a critique of consumer culture -- and a puppet show based on the blobby shapes drawn by Joan Miró:
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Meanwhile, in Tower Hamlets, it's been a fortnight since the last party, so it must be time for another one. They may be the poorest borough in London, but they know how to have fun (I can't remember the last fun event arranged by the lemon-suckers on Islington council). So there's bands and exotic food stalls and beer and a village-fete-ish thing and a proper steam-powered fairground
and a brilliant maze that I couldn't take photographs of because it's all in darkness but it was absolutely worth the hour's wait to get in, and well, gosh it was fun.
And on the walk home, I discovered ( the kitschest statue ever )


Meanwhile, in Tower Hamlets, it's been a fortnight since the last party, so it must be time for another one. They may be the poorest borough in London, but they know how to have fun (I can't remember the last fun event arranged by the lemon-suckers on Islington council). So there's bands and exotic food stalls and beer and a village-fete-ish thing and a proper steam-powered fairground

And on the walk home, I discovered ( the kitschest statue ever )