Coffee was introduced to the Turkish court in 1555 by two Syrian traders. By the late 17th century, the Sultan had his own coffee-maker, with 40 assistants and the women in the harem wiere given intensive training in its preparation. It is an important element of hopistality; one local proverb says that ‘a cup of [...]
With the growing popularity of the healthy Mediterranean diet, the basics of Turkish cuisine are surprisingly familiar to many visitors.
A typical meal begins with a choice of up to a dozen meze (hors d’oeuvre), including yoghurt with garlic and coriander; diced, fried liver; houmous (chickpea puree); various aubergine and spinach dishes and dolma (vine leaves [...]
ARMS & ARMOUR FROM THE MOVIES - The Wonderful World of Weta
12 JULY UNTIL 16 NOVEMBER 2008
Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds
New Zealand’s Weta Workshop has won countless awards for its work on major films such as The Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, King Kong, The Last [...]
The Cutty Sark is a clipper ship, which was built in 1869, and served as a merchant vessel (the last clipper to be built for that purpose), and then as a training ship until being put on public display in 1954. It is preserved in dry dock at Greenwich in London, but was damaged in [...]