ArtsFest 2012
The second weekend in September has been Arts Fest weekend in Birmingham for the past 15 years. According to the website; ArtsFest celebrates the West Midland region’s astounding wealth of creative talent, and shows the West Midland’s region as the bustling cultural centre it is. It features performances, workshops, exhibitions, installations, talks and screenings, across...
Love Obviously
Violets are blue, Roses are red, The alphabet runs from A to Zed. I’m not gonna Write you a love song, Because you think That you deserve one; I’m not gonna compare you To a summer’s day, When I’m not even Thinking that way; I’m not gonna count the ways of how...
The Olympic Torch in Birmingham
Early on a Sunday morning, before breakfast had even been eaten, the family and I headed to a little area in Birmingham called Earlswood, to see the Olympic torch pass through. Now, I’m not exactly a huge fan of sports, but I am a huge supporter of friends and family and it just so happens...
Lavender Cupcakes
With Summer blooming in typical British fashion… with rain, it’s time to enjoy the fare that it has to offer. In a recent article for a magazine supplement in The Daily Mail, Jamie Oliver champions the delicate scent and flavour of Elderflowers, however, I’m going to champion the gorgeous Lavender. Whenever I walk past shrubs of Lavender...
Theatre Review: Oliver! Oliver!
I have a confession to make… I have never read anything by Charles Dickens. I managed to go through all of my education, including studying English at degree level, bypassing Dickens entirely and have never chosen to read his works for the fun of it. I’m not completely oblivious to him though. I’ve seen various...
My NaNoWriMo Experience
I first heard about National Novel Writing Month, also known as NaNoWriMo, on the BBC breakfast show, but it didn’t occur to me at that moment to actually take part in the challenge of writing 50,000 words in 30 days. I just thought it was a good idea to get that first draft written out, I never imagined doing...
The Home of Wordsworth
Dove Cottage in Grasmere is one of three sites in the Lake District that William Wordsworth was connected to during his lifetime; the others being his birthplace in Cockermouth, and his final home at Rydal Mount. It was on a wintry weekend trip to the Lake District that I visited the home where Wordsworth lived...
Carpe Diem
A poem to remind us to live each day and not to waste it… Carpe diem; seize they day, Don’t let life pass you by. Be full of colour, not shades of grey, Carpe diem; seize the day Don’t you let it waste away. Tomorrow could be the day you die So carpe diem;...
