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Jul 16, 2024 | 
countryandtownhouse.com | Ed Vaizey
Bodrum is the new Mykonos. That is to say this part of Türkiye is now the cool place to visit in the Mediterranean. It's already well known of course - with crystal clear waters and guaranteed sun over the summer, just four hours from London, great food, and hotels for every budget, it's on every holiday list. But now it is hip. Maxx Royal, Bodrum: Hotel ReviewMaxx Royal is a small boutique Turkish hotel group. Founded in 2011, until recently it had just two hotels in Türkiye, in Antalya.
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May 30, 2024 | 
circleid.com | Ed Vaizey |Byron Holland
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) the Internet Governance Forum in December. There are four main themes—innovation and risk; the impact of technology on peace and development; using technology to advance human rights; and improving digital governance. Every IGF is a unique and annual opportunity for thousands of people engaged in key issues to come together and engage. KSA is hosting for the first time, and it is an exciting prospect.
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May 14, 2024 | 
countryandtownhouse.com | Ed Vaizey
Elizabeth Kauffman, one of the founding patrons of the Royal Academy, has an exhibition there until the end of June. And, versatile artist that she is, she is also appearing simultaneously at Tate Britain in an exhibition called Now You See Us: Women Artists in Britain 1520-1920. Ed Vaizey celebrates Kauffman and more women artists who have shaped our history.
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Mar 18, 2024 | 
countryandtownhouse.com | Ed Vaizey
Tate Modern has just unveiled its blockbuster of the year - an exhibition by Yoko Ono called Music of the Mind. Ed Vaizey dives in. Review: Yoko Ono: Music Of The Mind, Tate ModernOno, of course, is a global figure because of her anarchic, influential art, and because she was married to John Lennon. It's hard to believe Lennon was only 40 when he was killed. Ono is now 91, and too frail to attend the opening.
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Feb 8, 2024 | 
thetimes.co.uk | Ed Vaizey
With any luck, you’re reading this on your Times app. I hope you’re enjoying your subscription for top-quality journalism. Of course, you’re free to cancel it at any time if you’re unhappy, or fancy something different. In the House of Lords we are examining a consumer rights bill aimed at updating your rights as a subscriber to all kinds of content: streaming services, magazines, online publications, food delivery providers.
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Jan 31, 2024 | 
countryandtownhouse.com | Ed Vaizey
The Royal Academy's latest exhibition is an important conversation starter, says Ed Vaizey. Entangled Pasts, 1768-Now: Art, Colonialism & ChangeOne of the biggest issues dominating the arts today are the so-called culture wars. Whether it is toppling statues or long and involved explanatory notes at an exhibition, everyone is involved, and everyone has a strong view. When I was Culture Minister almost a decade ago, these issues were rarely debated. This is to an extent a recent American import.
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Nov 19, 2023 | 
theguardian.com | Ed Vaizey
Downing Street’s new game show, I’m a Celebrity, Get Me In Here, played out faultlessly on Monday. The star attraction was kept safely under wraps, with nothing given away in the run-up to the announcement. Even as the car pulled into Downing Street, no one was any the wiser. Fools like me, even when presented with the evidence of his walking up to the famous door in full public view on reshuffle day, still thought it might be a coincidence.
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Nov 10, 2023 | 
countryandtownhouse.com | Ed Vaizey
Ed Vaizey loves the National Gallery‘s current Frans Hals exhibition – the Dutch artist’s first major retrospective in Britain in 30 years. Review: Frans Hals Exhibition, National GalleryIt being that time of year again, you’ll naturally be thinking about a jovial fat man bringing you a great deal of cheer. I’m talking of course about the Laughing Cavalier, one of the delights to be found at the National Gallery’s Christmas blockbuster Frans Hals exhibition.
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Oct 23, 2023 | 
countryandtownhouse.com | Charlotte Metcalf |Ed Vaizey
In the latest episode of C&TH’s Break Out Culturepodcast, Charlotte Metcalf and Ed Vaizey chat with acclaimed novelist Maggie O’Farrell on seeing her novel, Hamnet, brought to life on stage – plus so much more. Tune In HereInterview: Maggie O’FarrellIn the latest episode of Break Out Culture, award-winning novelist Maggie O’Farrell talks to us candidly about her life as a novelist since she first published After You’d Gone 23 years ago.
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Sep 29, 2023 | 
countryandtownhouse.com | Charlotte Metcalf |Ed Vaizey
In the latest episode of C&TH’s Break Out Culture podcast, Charlotte Metcalf and Ed Vaizey chat with acclaimed pianists Katya Apekisheva and Charles Owen all about the eighth London Piano Festival, running 5–8 October 2023. Tune In HereInside The London Piano Festival 2023Acclaimed pianists, Charles Owen and Moscow-born Katya Apekisheva, started the London Piano Festival at Kings Place in 2016 as a way of bringing together pianists from around the world.
