Yesterday was our friend Emily’s birthday (happy birthday Emily!), and we celebrated with a trip to the Camden Roundhouse to see cabaret and circus performance La Soirée. We weren’t quite sure what to expect, but had read some rave reviews which suggested that we were in for an exciting evening. The Roundhouse was the perfect [...]
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‘That Day In Paris’ By Jan Szafranski
Copyright Jan Szafranski 2011 Although it looks as though it belongs on the wall of a gallery, this incredible picture is in fact currently hanging in our living room. The artist, Jan Szafranski, is Paul’s very talented uncle – and he gave us this artwork in celebration of our wedding, last September. Entitled ‘That Day [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Help To Tag Britain’s Oil Paintings
I mentioned in yesterday’s post that I had just been introduced to StumbleUpon, and today’s post is about something I discovered whilst indulging in what the site calls ‘stumbling’. A strangely addictive way to pass time, the Your Paintings Tagger is a great way to discover art whilst also helping a valuable project. I’m hooked. [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Strand Of Silk Challenge #2
The second challenge set for me by the lovely people at Strand of Silk was to develop a creative project based on one of their designs (for my first challenge, see here). I’m always playing around with crafts of one kind of another, from cross stitching and soap making to my current obsession, rag rugging. [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Getting crafty with Decopatch
I mentioned Decopatch in this week’s ‘I Adore…‘ post, but I actually only got round to trying out the technique last night. It’s incredibly easy and the result looks great, so it’s ideal for people like me who love to make things but sometimes lack the necessary skill for more complicated projects. I first discovered [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Nitin Sawhney At The Apple Store
I ran (yes, literally RAN) from Oxford Circus to the Covent Garden Apple Store after work yesterday to catch Nitin Sawhney performing. And although I’ve ended up with painful shins and a bit of a cough I’m happy to say that the music was definitely worth it. Entrance to the Apple Store for the performance [...]
Read the rest of this entry »The E4 Udderbelly
It’s a funny state of affairs when we walk past a giant purple inflatable cow with its legs in the air without so much as blinking an eye. And yet since the E4 Udderbelly first hit the Southbank a few years ago, that’s exactly what Londoners do on a regular basis. The Udderbelly is a [...]
Read the rest of this entry »The King’s Speech
I’m a bit late to the party with this one, as I know people have been raving about it ever since it was first released in the cinema. However, I’m not a huge cinema-goer and so didn’t get an opportunity to see The King’s Speech until recently, when I was feeling ill and went round [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Recent Reads: Manon Lescaut
I love Toni Morrison – she’s one of my favourite authors – but after I finished writing my 10,000 word dissertation on her novels I was just itching to read something that wasn’t by her. Cue a quick perusal of the bookshelves and selection of Abbé Prévost’s tragic Manon Lescaut. Published in 1731, the novel [...]
Read the rest of this entry »The Horniman Museum
Yesterday saw Paul, his lovely sister Sarah, our good friend Astrid and me head over to Forest Hill to visit the Horniman Museum. Paul and I are going to be getting married in the museum’s beautiful old conservatory, so we were primarily going to see how it looked set up for a wedding. However, we [...]
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