It’s been months and I haven’t yet written anything about my first ever trip to the North American continent. Maybe because it’s been such a long-awaited trip that I first had to digest everything before being able to talk about it. And I was also super busy with work and pre-Christmas preparations and other problems … Continue reading
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BFI London Film Festival: Their Finest
For the first time, I managed to get tickets to the BFI London Film Festival. I wanted to see many of the movies, but in the end, we picked two,one based on each of our interests. Their Finest was my choice because of the impressive cast. The movie, based on the novel Their Finest Hour … Continue reading
Copenhagen
A few weekends ago, at the end of September, I found myself, quite unexpectedly, in the beautiful city of Copenhagen. My boyfriend likes to travel (a lot!) and so I asked if he’d take me with him because I’d always wanted to go to a Nordic country. He found a cheap ticket and voilà! there … Continue reading
House Or People Hunting in London
You know, when you think of London size-wise, you kind of assume that in this day and age, there will be many flats, with many rooms that need filling, and many people to fill it. Well, yes… and no. Because we are still picky people, and no matter how dire the situation is starting to … Continue reading
Mini Germany/Austria tour
After last year’s successful mini Germany tour, I decided to do another one. Except I spent little time in Germany, and more in Austria! And I didn’t do it alone, I went with my Mum. When I was little, we used to go to this little village in Austria almost every year, but then things … Continue reading
BREXIT
Today I feel like I’ve been dumped. Violently, without cause, with little more warning than a “we need to talk”. It’s a very unconscious uncoupling. I’m talking, of course, about the Brexit results which came in this morning. I went to bed hopeful, because I’d seen “Remain” people all around town yesterday and no one … Continue reading
Aladdin The Musical
Aladdin has always been one of my favourite Disney movies. Mainly because of the Genie, and later still, mainly because of Robin Williams being the Genie. So when I found out the musical was coming to London, I was dead set on getting my hand on some tickets. Which we finally did, back on December … Continue reading
Me Before You
I didn’t read Me Before You by Jojo Moyes when the book first came out in 2012, even though everyone was talking about it. When rumours started to arise that it was being made into a film, my flatmate was ecstatic. Soon, news of the cast started to filter through, and it was shortly after … Continue reading
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Presents Film Music Gala
Every now and then, I actually go and do something a bit more high brow, like seeing a play, or, in this case, attending a concert at the Royal Albert Hall by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The point of this particular concert is that it combines the classy with the nerdy: your favourite soundtracks as … Continue reading
Sing Street
As a kid, my parents showed me The Commitments. I didn’t get the plot much at first, but the songs – oh the songs. Later, as I watched it again and again, I discovered little things I didn’t see before. And the movie remains to this day, in my eyes, a perfect example of a … Continue reading