I didn’t realise how much I missed my weekly ballet lessons until I returned to week 06 after a one week hiatus. Seriously, I was grinning from ear to ear. Unless I was concentrating, then all facial awareness went out the window. I missed Adrian’s quirkiness, I missed being amazed at my terrible posture, I […]
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Week 04 of Beginners Ballet at City Academy
Your core is improving. Adrian looked expectantly at me. Inwardly I puffed up gleefully but outwardly, I did that annoying self-deprecating thing that so many of us do ‘Ha, really?! I didn’t feel any different.’ It was our fourth week of Beginner’s Ballet at City Academy. So far, things felt like they were beginning to […]
Everyone’s Talking About… Bubble Tea
There’s a new craze that’s come to London all the way from Taiwan. If you’re out and about in central London, you may spot huddles of teenagers or a brisk walking businessman, with a plastic cup in hand and giant straw. If you look closer, you may even see round balls in the bottom of […]
Exploring the Deliciousness (?) of Insects
What’s worse than finding a maggot in your apple? Half a maggot. As a child, and someone who is still a little squeamish, I was always half fearful of this joke. It’s actually probably why I never ate any of the apples from the orchard at home. So goodness knows why I found myself agreeing […]
Spilling the guts* on Taxidermy in London
It’s funny how you can not realise that taxidermy involves de-gutting animals until you’re faced with a defrosted squirrel. Holding a scalpel with which to make an incision from collar bone to certainly turns your stomach. My sister, Rosie, and I were at London Taxidermy Academy in Borough on a Saturday morning, excited and feeling […]
The HotHouse at Trafalgar Studios: A Review
“You’re going to see a Panto?”, my boss asked? “No… Pinter.” I replied. “Oh right.” She countered, looking at me dubiously. Even I could see what she meant. I wasn’t known for my in-depth knowledge of culture and whilst I had heard of Harold Pinter, I had no idea about who he was, what he’d […]