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Francesca Leiper

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The Cocktail Bar with the Incense

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When it comes to choosing a spot for dinner with friends, the conversation usually goes something like, “Do you fancy going to the soup place, or tudou niurou? Or how about dumplings; cheap dumplings, or greasy dumplings? No? What...
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Selección Española; I Ham Bowled Over

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Good Spanish restaurants are the kind of thing you have to go to Shanghai for (or Spain). Not to mention forking out an arm and leg. But Nanjing, quite remarkably, has its own treasure, and an affordable one. It’s...
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Axis of Hexi; Make Space for Downtown Sombreros

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Axis Hexi, a newly opened Mexican cantina, is the trendier younger sister of the successful flagship in Xianlin. The décor has pizzazz with a floor nothing short of groovy – not something one tends to notice (nor chooses to)...
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Art Exhibition Review; Theology of Relationships

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The White Cube; a sanctuary for the seasoned art snob. And everyone else? Well, a little bit uncomfortable to be honest. Fill it with colourful canvases, groovy Venezuelan music and a stack of paper for doodling and you get...
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About Me

Francesca Leiper, from Scotland, was a columnist at the Nanjinger. She studied art history at Nanjing University of the Arts and is fascinated by Nanjing’s Republican-era architecture. Francesca Leiper来自苏格兰，目前是南京人杂志的专栏作家。她就读于南京艺术学院艺术史专业，对南京民国时期的建筑非常着迷。
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