Rob Spellman

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Robert Spellman

A former Fleet Street music journalist, Robert’s love of jazz spurs him around the globe in search of it and any related or indigenous sounds. More likely to be scribbling about Herbie Hancock in the southern Med than held aloft at a Taylor Swift gig – although you never know. His stories can also be found in France Today and Reach titles such as the Daily Mirror. London based, Robert is a subeditor at News UK and the Guardian.
15 UK Music Festivals 2021 Guide

15 UK Music Festivals 2021 Guide

Robert Spellman has rounded up 15 UK music festivals this summer that are due to go ahead covid-permitted for Travel Begins at 40. The idea of a summer music festival…

The Clash: London Calling at the Museum of London

The Clash: London Calling at the Museum of London

Forty years this December The Clash released London Calling, UK punk’s greatest – or second greatest long player (depending on your poison) – and an LP as famous for its sleeve…

Jakobsweg Ischgl Michelin Stars in the Alps

Jakobsweg Ischgl Michelin Stars in the Alps

Rob Spellman heads to Ischgl Austria, noted for its ski-soaked partying, in Summer and discovers a culinary treat worthy of many a Michelin star along the Jakobsweg. Even a simple…

Stanley Kubrick The Exhibition

Stanley Kubrick The Exhibition

Robert Spellman visits Stanley Kubrick: The Exhibition at the Design Museum London, an extensive retrospective on the work of one of the twentieth century’s greatest filmmakers. The phrase “he’s done…

Aberdeenshire Holidays: Wildlife, Castles & Whisky

Aberdeenshire Holidays: Wildlife, Castles & Whisky

On a trip to Scotland’s northerly region Robert Spellman discovers in Aberdeenshire holidays the most wonderful wildlife, great castles and whisky galore. In 2017, an eminent travel publication conducted a…

Chrissie Hynde: Adding The Blue

Chrissie Hynde: Adding The Blue

Chrissie Hynde is best known as the lead singer of The Pretenders, but her latest book, Adding The Blue, demonstrates her talent as an oil painter. Words by Robert Spellman.  …

Windrush: A Celebration at the Barbican

Windrush: A Celebration at the Barbican

Writer and musician Anthony Joseph has said of his project Windrush: A Celebration, ‘How do we look at 70 years of musical and cultural impact?’ Indeed, so deeply entwined are…

London Nights at the Museum of London

London Nights at the Museum of London

A photography exhibition that pairs the words “London” and “nights” might too easily be dominated by the hedonistic or noirish aspects of the capital, but London Nights at the Museum…