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…
quirky things to do in London
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…
