This photo was taken at Le Jardin Majorelle in Marrakech. The garden was designed by French artist Jacques Majorelle in the 1920s and 1930s, during the colonial period. Fashion designer…
I decided to try my hand at making a new dish and found an interesting recipe on the BBC Good Food website. I’ve never tried quinoa or pinto beans before…
I paid another visit to my local favourite fabric emporium Hackney Scouts at the weekend. I bought a dressing gown, a pair of autumn brown trousers, a satin party dress…
Fed up with depressing news and invasive television adverts? Try listening to some good radio programmes. It probably isn’t a surprise that the bulk of these radio shows appear on…
I went to see this film with my mum in Westfield’s (White City) Vue cinema. Unknowingly, we waited 30 minutes outside the cinema after collecting our tickets to be told…
Watching this had been a long time coming and frankly quite beyond my ken as to how I had not watched it sooner. It’s a great film! Filmed in 1964,…
I plucked this film by Wim Wenders out again to show James, following our recent trip to Berlin. Made in 1987, it follows the path of two angels (Damiel and…
Here are some samples of purses that I have hand-made using material from old trousers, skirts and curtains found in local markets. Riviera purse This fabric was from a skirt…
You would have had to be hiding in a darkened window-less basement if you have not heard about the gregariously self-applauding article of Samantha Brick in the Daily Mail on…
Fresh from returning from Berlin recently, the subject of spies and the Cold War is still at the forefront of my interests. The BBC aired the first of a two…
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