Mark C. O'Flaherty

Review: Ron Blaauw, Amsterdam

Review: Ron Blaauw, Amsterdam

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"Marcel Wanders made Blaauw sound so exciting, so alluring, and perhaps even dangerous, that I felt compelled to visit at the earliest opportunity"

Review: Emirates – Dubai (DXB) to London Heathrow (LHR)

Review: Emirates – Dubai (DXB) to London Heathrow (LHR)

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"It’s always so tempting to booze it up on a long flight, but the experienced flyer knows the truth: the circadian rhythm is going to get you"

Pina Bausch | No final curtain

Pina Bausch | No final curtain

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"To stop dancing would, it feels, be to let her slip away"

Review: CityJet – London City (LCY) to Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS)

Review: CityJet – London City (LCY) to Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS)

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"I will jump through the hoops of a carrier’s schedules to fly from London City. It is tranquil. There are no screaming children. You are treated like a human being rather than stag-party scum"

Review: Green Man & French Horn, London [CLOSED]

Review: Green Man & French Horn, London [CLOSED]

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"It’s all what you’d call 'hearty', with little to please a vegetarian. It’s St John in a beret, with some onions around its neck"

Review: Coya, London

Review: Coya, London

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

Arjun Waney's take on Peruvian cuisine has been an overnight success. But is there substance behind the white hot scene?

<em>Einstein on the Beach</em> 1976-2013

Einstein on the Beach 1976-2013

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

Is it still the most modern five hours of theatre? Philip Glass' legendary opera has been revived for a world tour. We review its January 2013 performance in Amsterdam

The empire of Mr Chow

The empire of Mr Chow

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

Review: Mari Vanna, London

Review: Mari Vanna, London

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"Is Russian cuisine, in fact, just Irish chow with a mink trapper hat on?"

Patti Smith <em>Horses</em>

Patti Smith Horses

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

How Robert Mapplethorpe's 1975 New York portrait changed the world of fashion