I'm very late with this post about Latitude, a combination of being busy and not quite knowing where to start to cram three jam-packed festival days into one blog post! In the meantime I've read other people's reviews of the weekend and, to quote The 405's William Caston Cook: 'The first night is always the worst…
Fever-Tree Ultimate Gin & Tonic Pop Up Bar
'Tis the season for pop-ups! Last Saturday evening we popped over to a Fever-Tree’s pop up gin bar in Hoxton Square for my Mum’s birthday celebrations. We’ve been enjoying Fever-Tree tonics in our G&T’s for a year or so now, and quite liked the idea of 160 different kinds of gin to accompany the tonic!…
How to Build a Girl – Review
After Caitlin Moran’s notorious first book How To Be a Woman went down so well as a Christmas gift, my boyfriend gave me her second book Moronthology (equally hilarious) and tickets for us to see her speak about her third book How to Build a Girl at Union Chapel for birthday gifts. What he didn’t realise…
Brighton Bites in May
Brighton and Arts go together like fish, chips and screaming seagulls, and there's no better time than May to visit and check out what's on offer. With Brighton Festival and Fringe, Charleston Festival and Artists' Open House, there's literally too much to cram into the month! Add in sun, sea and ice cream, and the perfect…
Ida Barr’s Mash Up at Brighton Festival
Ida Barr's a Cockney pensioner with attitude; the 'world's first music hall singer turned RnB rap superstar' spawning her own music genre, Artificial Hip Hop! This weekend I was assisting Home Live Art with her Ida Barr's Mash Up show at the Brighton Festival. I was nearly convinced first time I saw her in costume at Open…
Crash Course Literature
'That's the pleasure and challenge of reading great novels, you get to see yourself as others see you and you get to see others as they see themselves'. - John Green You may know John Green's name. Whether it's as an author of young adult fiction; the man that wrote The Fault In Our Stars,…
Record Store Day
Last Saturday we headed over to People Records in Guildford very early in the morning for Record Store Day! In order to make sure we were able to buy some exclusive records, available only for the day, we got there at 7.30am, half an hour before they opened and were already the 78th and 79th…
Out of Print Stationery
I love stationery, especially notebooks, and I'm always on a hunt for the *perfect* notebook to scribble away in. I was really impressed by the first notebook I got from Out of Print as it was small enough to slip in my pocket or a small bag; had thick, robust pages with a beautiful book…
Secret 7″
Photo: My Goodness Photo: Smith and Milton Being able to buy music combined with original art for charity sound too good to be true, right? It's exactly what Secret 7" have achieved, taking 7 tracks from 7 well known musicians and pressing them 100 times to 7" vinyl every year. They then ask the public and professional…
Storytime Science Festival
Fancy some free live art and science this weekend? From 10 - 4 this Saturday, Home Live Art's popular Science Alternative Village Fete (AVF) is happening at Royal Holloway University in Egham. I helped out last year as a volunteer and it was a brilliant day for kids and adults, with tons of interesting interactive…