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The Central Perk Orange Sofa in Friends – A History of Culture in 100 Sofas (No. 7)
Continuing our series A History of Culture in 100 Sofas (and other furniture), culture editor Andrew Nixon explains everything you need to know about the television icon that is the great big orange sofa in the Central Perk coffee shop in Friends. If you’re fully addicted to caffeine right now, it’s probably the fault of this couch…
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A History of Culture in 100 Sofas – No.12: The Simpsons’ Sofa
The Simpsons is the most successful animation in television history and it seems to have been around forever – and its famous ‘couch gag’ is a cultural phenomenon in its own right. In the latest instalment in our History of Culture in 100 Sofas, culture editor Andrew Nixon looks at the Simpsons’ sofa…
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A History of Culture in 100 Sofas (and other furniture) – 3. Vincent Van Gogh’s Chairs (1888)
Continuing our series looking at iconic, influential and unique items of furniture, culture editor Andrew Nixon examines the iconic, symbolic and ultimately rather tragic chair ‘portrait’ paintings by Vincent Van Gogh … A ten minute walk from the Amsterdam Hilton where John Lennon and Yoko Ono staged their first Bed-In is the Van Gogh Museum.
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