I was a little concerned before I turned up to my second week of Beginners Ballet at City Academy; not only was Adrian off sick but I’d gotten rained on and a flat tyre on my bike. I was also late. However, it wasn’t all doom and gloom because not only had the ache in…
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Get Your Racket for Tennis Tuesdays
Hands up who used to play tennis as a kid? Hands up who have been thinking about getting some friends together for a knockabout? Well think no longer and JUST DO IT. You have no excuses, especially as Nike and the LTA (Lawn Tennis Association) recently launched Tennis Tuesdays across London. Offering exclusive women-only tennis…
Week 01 of Beginner’s Ballet at City Academy
The thing I was most excited about? Ballet shoes and The Barre. My relationship with ballet ended promptly when I was twelve; the secondary school I moved to didn’t offer it and thinking back, I didn’t even notice that ballet was off the menu. My memories of ballet are a mix of pain (wide-pronged Kirby…
How about a Date?
No, not that kind of a date, silly. I mean the ones you can eat… It’s only recently that I’ve realized the important role dates have played in my favourite foods. Whether they’re used to bind ingredients together or sweeten food they’re essential in so many snacks. And whilst they taste absolutely heavenly (did you…
Swimming IS FUN: A Guest Blog
Swimming. It’s splashy, hard work and the lesson that most school kids tried to avoid, usually with forged sick letters. However, these are memories from childhood. Surely swimming’s different now? Dan Millington discusses. For the vast majority of people, the very smell of a swimming pool conjures memories of either having to wear embarrassingly revealing swimming…
Taking the Plunge – The Speedo App Review
To say I like swimming would be an utter lie. I feel the same way about it as cats do and whilst unfortunately I didn’t have claws as a kid, I did have forged sick notes. If only swimming was more fun! As a kid up to the age of twelve, swimming was a torturous…