Frosty morning on Hilly Fields
On the almost day of last year we were up on Hilly Fields before most people. It was one of the few really frosty mornings but with it came the … Continue reading
The Blackheath Séance Parlour, by Alan Williams (review)
I was drawn to this book because it was set in Blackheath. The main plot of The Blackheath Séance Parlour (first published in 2013) tells of Judy and Maggie Cloak, sisters … Continue reading
Horrible Histories Spies exhibition, at the Imperial War Museum
Before Christmas I attended a lovely festive morning at the Imperial War Museum hosted by the splendid Brit Mums. We had coffees and piles of biscuits and they invited everyone to bring a … Continue reading
Highlight of the year: Lewisham Model Market
Way back in June when I heard about Street Feast re-opening the Model Market in Lewisham and filling it with food and drink traders, I couldn’t quite get my head around it. … Continue reading
The Cat in the Hat, at the Pleasance Theatre (review)
Last weekend we crossed the south/north London divide and braved several changes on the underground to visit the Pleasance Theatre Islington. We made the effort in order to watch The Cat … Continue reading
My Christmas playlist (songs)
The Christmas song, like the Christmas jumper, has become something so uncool that it is actually (a bit) cool again. Again like the jumper, there are different camps of fans. With … Continue reading
Peter Pan, at the Polka Theatre (review)
The Polka Theatre is a special place in London. Like the Unicorn Theatre, which I’ve recently written about here and here, it only stages shows for kids, from 0 to 13 years old. … Continue reading
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, at the Unicorn Theatre (review)
Only two weeks since our last trip, and it still wasn’t too soon to return to the Unicorn Theatre. Our last visit was to see the show called How Nigeria Became: … Continue reading
The Futon Company – for more than just futons
The Futon Company makes futons. That’s what I thought, when we bought a futon from the Futon Company 15 years ago for our new home. I also continued to think it … Continue reading
How Nigeria Became: A Story, and a Spear that didn’t Work, at the Unicorn Theatre (review)
This has been a great week for the Unicorn Theatre, winning the highly regarded Peter Brook Empty Space Awards on 4th November. By chance, we were lucky enough to visit … Continue reading
Siblings – October
It’s number 10 of 12 posts. Unbelievable, the speed that this year is travelling. Soon it’ll be 2015 and there’ll be no siblings photo every month. Or should I just … Continue reading
Watching Frozen with The White Company
The White Company are clever people. In order to launch their AW14 collection to bloggers, they put on a private screening of Frozen and, not only that, they held it … Continue reading
California in songs
One of the longest posts I have ever read on Wikipedia is called List of songs about California. I keep reading, I keep scrolling, my eyes start bulging, I can’t … Continue reading
Family Sharing on iOS8
You won’t usually find a techy part to this blog but when I was offered iTunes credit to try out a new feature, I couldn’t seem to say no. Hence this … Continue reading
Siblings – September
September will be gone in just a few hours, and I have missed the monthly link up with the other blogs but no matter! here are my siblings pictures from this month. … Continue reading
That amazing Peckham rooftop view (and trying to save it)
The summer weather keeps on giving and it prompts me to look back over my highlights of the past couple of months. I spent one of my favourite evenings of the summer on … Continue reading
Siblings – August
August already and it’s time to post a couple of photos of the siblings together. Like The Jam, we have been going underground. The good weather is deserting us, as … Continue reading
Siblings – July
With these two, where one goes, the other one is never far behind. As with last month’s Siblings post they love adventuring together. They don’t generally want me to join … Continue reading
Nunhead beats the bounds, July 2014
If you are a local then you will know that the folk around here are keen on reviving the old traditions. Some of the traditions might seem a bit odd … Continue reading
Siblings – June
Again I am just squeezing in by the tips of my toes before the Siblings linky for June turns to dust. This weekend we explored the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park … Continue reading
Street Dance, by a ‘non-dancer’
Originally posted on Trinity Laban:
If you have ever read my blog or seen my posts on Twitter or Instagram, you will know that I am a huge fan of…
