

To Love is to be Vulnerable
“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping...
Andre Lamartin
Sep 25, 2014


Life by the River
For most of my life, the beach was the sanctuary of my soul. This is where I relaxed with loved ones, where I went spearfishing with my...
Andre Lamartin
Sep 14, 2014


Stonehenge
Stonehenge. A pile of prehistoric stones arranged in a circular formation for no discernible reason. Would have been a completely...
Andre Lamartin
Sep 9, 2014


Let It Be
The Beatles. The greatest rock band in history, bar none. John Lennon couldn’t scream with the wounded, primal ferocity of Kurt Cobain or...
Andre Lamartin
Aug 30, 2014


Romeo & Juliet - English National Ballet at Royal Albert Hall
Romeo & Juliet, the tragic tale of star-crossed lovers, is not only one of Shakespeare’s most beloved plays, it is also one of the...
Andre Lamartin
Jun 23, 2014


Amanda Seyfried
It’s early in the morning and I’m in the tube, laboriously making my way to the gym, when a girl bearing an uncanny resemblance to Amanda...
Andre Lamartin
Jun 1, 2014


Tchaikovsky – The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Last night the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra played a concert at the Royal Albert Hall in tribute to Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky, the most...
Andre Lamartin
May 10, 2014


Climax of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Saturday, May 10th, 2014, Royal Albert Hall, London
Andre Lamartin
May 10, 2014


Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap”
A gruesome murder has taken place in London. A deranged killer is on the loose. In a remote bed and breakfast in the English countryside,...
Andre Lamartin
May 3, 2014


Andre Lamartin
Apr 29, 2014


The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera is the most successful musical of all time. Since it opened in Her Majesty’s Theater 28 years ago, more than 130...
Andre Lamartin
Apr 21, 2014


Domine, Quo Vadis ?
It is widely known that Peter was not only one of the original twelve apostles of Christ, but also the first Pope of the Catholic Church,...
Andre Lamartin
Apr 19, 2014


Shakespeare’s Globe Theater
During a trip to London in 1949, the American actor Sam Wanamaker came to a sobering realization: despite Shakespeare’s incalculable...
Andre Lamartin
Apr 13, 2014


Les Ballets de Monte Carlo - Swan Lake
If there is anything in this world more graceful and majestic and than the sight of the ballerinas of Les Ballets de Monte Carlo...
Andre Lamartin
Apr 10, 2014


Shine On You Crazy Diamond
London attracts so many talented individuals from all over the world that even a mundane excursion through a subway station can become an...
Andre Lamartin
Apr 8, 2014


Elegance & Simplicity
I am not a fashionista by any means. I simply don’t have the money, the time, nor the moral inclination to value clothes all that much....
Andre Lamartin
Apr 8, 2014


A Visit to Tate Modern
To say that modern art is an acquired taste is the understatement of the century. Today I visited the Tate Modern, the most popular...
Andre Lamartin
Apr 6, 2014


Twenty Years Later
So today it has been 20 years. So much has changed and sadly, so much still remains the same. He lived before the internet, before 9/11,...
Andre Lamartin
Apr 4, 2014


Torso of Banovic Strahinja – 1908
Torso of Banovic Strahinja – 1908 Marble Ivan Mestrovic - V&A Museum Banovic Strahinja was a knight and a legendary Serbian hero depicted...
Andre Lamartin
Mar 29, 2014


The Bather – 1905
The Bather – 1905 Marble Albert Toft - V&Museum At first sight, this is an apparently unassuming sculpture of a beautiful woman bathing....
Andre Lamartin
Mar 29, 2014
