O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, How lovely are thy branches – lyrics by composer Ernst Anschütz London, at Christmas, becomes a wintery place of delight as public areas become bejewelled with sparkly Christmas lights and squares full of Christmas trees! It certainly gets you in the Christmas Spirit and this year I decided to … More Christmas Tree Hunting in London
AFROPUNK – a term used to describe someone of African American descent who prescribes to a counter-culture asthetic. Urban dictionary definition I attended Afropunk London held at The Printworks in Surrey Quays in July, thanks to my good friend Seph, who was able to get VIP tickets for the gang for the Saturday. I had … More Afropunk London 2017
Vulgar – lacking sophistication or good taste (Oxford Dictionary) Origin: Late Middle English, from Latin vulgaris, from vulgus – common people. When my friend Zaena (fashion blogger at The Last Straggler) invited me along to the Barbican Centre I was all game. I had never been to the Barbican before (typical Londoner I know) so I was … More A ‘Vulgar’ Night at the Barbican
Cable Street is a street in my beloved London not overly known to the massives. It is not your busy Oxford Street, funky Brick Lane or your beautiful Primrose Hill and yet on this street as well as being home to a large stretch of the Cycle Super Highway it also harbours some very cool … More The Street Art of Cable Street
So my tickets for Rio 2016 have arrived…it is all getting suddenly real as there are now only 2 weeks until I travel to Brazil to watch to the Olympics!!! The arrival of my Olympic tickets just brought back a flood of happy memories and experiences as the buzz in London was insatiable during that … More My Olympic Experience, My London 2012
Seeing London in a whole new light. For my birthday this year I wanted to do something: different fun and that involved minimal organisation on my part Lumiere London was a perfect answer to all of those things and it was FREE! It was a light festival held over four days that saw iconic architecture … More My Illuminating Birthday with Lumiere London
The Five to Nine Traveller 