Tag: David Bowie

6th February 2014 Brasilia, Brazil

David Bowie is… very British – guest blog by Beatriz Correa

During the pre-opening of the “David Bowie is” exhibition for the press, Alex Ellis, British Ambassador to Brazil, began his speech by saying that Bowie is “international, global and ‘very British’”. The ambassador’s words made me think about how Bowie translates perfectly the reasons that make the UK, and the British culture as a whole, […]

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21st September 2012 Washington DC, USA

by Peter Matheson

Economic Counsellor

A Fashion Statement

‘We are the goon squad and we’re coming to town-beep beep’ So sang David Bowie in a thinly veiled 1980’s attack on charlatans and copycats, ‘Fashion’. Bowie is not only a British musical living legend but also one of our most stylish icons (second only to Bryan Ferry in my opinion). Which brings us to […]

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