euromaxx highlights
October 25, 2010
In this highlights edition: fish and chips, Piero Lissoni’s new book, a fado band from Lisbon, Belgian star designer Tim van Steenbergen and German wine.
2010 marks the 150th anniversary of this great British institution. Today there are some 11,500 fish and chip shops around the UK that sell many millions of portions every year..
Piero Lissoni designs yachts, furniture, kitchen utensils and bathroom fixtures. He is also a successful architect and has released a book called Recent Architecture featuring some of his most impressive work.
Oquestrada is a band from Lisbon who give Fado a danceable and cheerful touch and have added a bit bit of hip hop, ska and other styles as well.
More and more top fashion designers are turning to the opera and theatre stages of Europe. The latest to do so is Belgian star designer Tim van Steenbergen - who's created the costumes for a new production of Wagner's Das Rheingold in Berlin.
Featuring the town of Ockenheim in the Rheinhessen region where the the newest type of grape has been released for cultivation in Germany.