Last Friday I went to see the latest film by Wes Anderson. Moonrise Kingdom is set in in a fictional town in New England in the 60s, and centres around a boy scout called Sam who has run aw...
Today I got back from lovely Dubrovnik. If youve never been Id certainly recommend a trip there, it was definitely one of the most beautiful cities Ive travelled to! The Croatian coastal town lies on...
Early tomorrow morning Im off to Dubrovnik for a wee little holiday. Weve chosen to stay in an apartment which is named after Ziggy Stardust. Should be good! Back next week x (I just noticed i may ow...
With the recent warm spell were having, it seemed like a good time to watch Do the Right Thing, the classic film written by and starring Spike Lee. Set in a heatwave in Brooklyn in 1989, the film cen...
This week I was pleased to discover this book one lunchtime in my favourite charity shop. How to Draw Portraits is a book first written in 1946, and includes some wonderful illustrations from the tim...
A while ago I planned a group bike ride for my birthday weekend. I thought by mid-May the weather would be a lot sunnier, but despite the cold (several of us were even wearing gloves!) we went a fun ...
Who knew white peacocks existed? These pictures by Katie Soloker are lovely.Lizzie Stewart has started a new research blog for a project she is planning for her Masters, all about objects and their s...
On Friday I celebrated my birthday (the last one of my twenties, eep!). I got some lovely presents so I thought Id share a few here.A while ago I posted about some hand-cut books which I loved and fo...
I just thought Id post up about a few good podcasts Ive been listening to lately. This is also a request to anyone who can recommend other good ones to listen to on my way to work! Art and design rel...
Well this weekend the sun actually came out - quite amazing really! Yesterday Tom threw me a surprise party in advance of my birthday next week, it was lovely to see friends and we played a few games...
Last night I watched We Need to Talk About Kevin, a film which revolves around the life of a mother (played skilfully by Tilda Swinton) whose son Kevin is... a handful to put it lightly. As he grows ...
Janet tagged me today in this book Q&A which Im only too happy to oblige with, to help get me out of a slight blogging rut that has crept over me lately. I do partly blame the weather as a lot of...
I had some high hopes for Mannequin, an 80s comedy starring Kim Cattrall as a shop mannequin who comes to life. Unfortunately thats as far as the plot seemed to go! The rest of the film felt a bit of...
At the weekend I visited an old family friend who moved into my old family home after we had moved out. He said he had an envelope for me theyd found lodged in the chimney. Inside the envelope were t...
A wet and windy weekend spent...Cat sitting for a friendAvoiding the outside whenever possibleBaking cookies (excuse my Sunday dont-care hair)Listening to Tom play tunesVisiting some friends cosy new...
Just wanted to share these amazing book sculptures, made by artist Alexander Korzer-Robinson. They are created from old annuals and encyclopedias, using images found on each page to create layered ar...
It was good to give Almost Famous another watch. The film is based on Cameron Crowes younger days when he became a writer for Rolling Stone magazine. Id forgotten how many well known people star in i...
As the rain seems to be continuing for at least another week (according to weather reports..) I thought Id do a little guide on fun things to do in Nottingham when it rains! (Though they probably app...
Last week I had a special visitor arrive on my doorstep - Ada the globetrotting doll had arrived! In case youre unfamiliar, Ada has visited a huge number of folks around the world, in faraway places ...
This week I thought Id share a few pages from some of my old sketchbooks. A couple of years ago I started using sketchbooks as a sort of daily diary which I no longer seem to keep up, but its really ...
Well so far this month has been a bit of a wash-out! Im not sure what happened to the sunshine last month but it has been replaced with April showers meaning many a wet walk to the bus stop and back....
Nothing to do with the original King Kong, this documentary looks at the competition between two video game fans to become world champion of classic 80s arcade game, Donkey Kong! This was recently re...
This weekend Im really happy to publish some pages by Derbyshire illustrator Andrea Joseph. Andrea often uses ballpoint pens in her work and every sketch is amazingly detailed. Make sure you check ou...
When youre feeling a bit low or under the weather theres only one film to reach for! Back to the Future never fails to put a smile on my face (especially any of the parts with Crispin Glover in them).
For some reason a lot of my friends and family (including myself!) all have Spring birthdays, so I thought Id do a little nature-themed treasury of nice things for Spring time.Clockwise from top left...
As its Easter weekend I thought Id choose a classic 80s kids film. Id not watched this since it came out so it was pretty fun to rewatch. Some scenes still stood out in my memory more than others - t...
On Saturday I helped out at another workshop at the New Art Exchange, this time learning how to build a camera obscura. For anyone unfamilar, a camera obscura is a device that projects images onto a ...
This weekend kicked off with a fun workshop (more on that soon), followed by an amazing Oriental feast cooked by our friends (I really want to make this as it was so delicious), two desserts and a ga...
To go alongside the release of my boyfriend Toms single I asked if I could share some of his sketches. Tom has a ton of sketchbooks which he started years ago, they kind of act as a visual diary of s...
House vs Home is a local record label run by my friends Laura & Alex, who are putting out singles by a different band each month this year. This month its the turn of Toms band, Nordenfelt. You c...
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