http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/dylan-jones/?service=Rss http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/dylan-jones/dylan-jones-for-a-period-in-the-sixties-eel-pie-island-became-so-popular-it-even-began-issuing-its-own-passports-1814676.html http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/dylan-jones/dylan-jones-for-a-period-in-the-sixties-eel-pie-island-became-so-popular-it-even-began-issuing-its-own-passports-1814676.html <p>If you take a train to Twickenham, to the west of London, and then walk down to the edge of the Thames, you will discover a magical place that feels as though it's from another era. People like to say that the Isle of Wight feels like Britain did in the Fifties, but Eel Pie Island feels like I imagine London did back in the early Sixties, when jazz and R&B were still the pulse beat of the city.</p> Dylan Jones Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/dylan-jones/dylan-jones-i-love-the-fright-masks-the-scary-sweets-the-useless-plastic-halloween-gifts-in-all-the-supermarkets-1810975.html http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/dylan-jones/dylan-jones-i-love-the-fright-masks-the-scary-sweets-the-useless-plastic-halloween-gifts-in-all-the-supermarkets-1810975.html <p>Halloween has always been big in our house. Not as big as Christmas, obviously – and I probably buy into the whole commercialism of the festive season more than anyone else I know, including my children – but big enough. In fact I've always loved it, in spite of being unceremoniously ignored by our neighbours when my brother and I attempted trick-or-treating in the wilds of Suffolk when we were young, something we had picked up from the nearby US </p> Dylan Jones Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/dylan-jones/dylan-jones-provincetown-was-home-to-norman-mailer-now-its-the-most-fashionable-resort-in-north-america-1807349.html http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/dylan-jones/dylan-jones-provincetown-was-home-to-norman-mailer-now-its-the-most-fashionable-resort-in-north-america-1807349.html <p>Right now Provincetown might just be the most fashionable resort in the world. The former fishing village is certainly the most fashionable resort in North America. Well, at least on the East Coast. Sitting on the very tip of Cape Cod, this is where the Pilgrims first set foot on American soil (not at Plymouth, but here!) before moving inland and making a fuss elsewhere. And in many ways it probably doesn't look so different now from how it did then.</p> Dylan Jones Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/dylan-jones/dylan-jones-the-room-lit-up-when-the-hoff-walked-in-it-was-like-some-sort-of-visitation-and-verily-we-were-blessed-1803195.html http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/dylan-jones/dylan-jones-the-room-lit-up-when-the-hoff-walked-in-it-was-like-some-sort-of-visitation-and-verily-we-were-blessed-1803195.html <p>It's not every day you get to meet David Hasselhoff, but then it's not every day you get to eat at a restaurant run by The Independent Magazine's very own Mark Hix. </p> Dylan Jones Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100