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A while ago I attended a course at the Art Academy London in oil painting. It lasted 10 weeks and it was the best thing I’ve done in a long time. Every Thursday evening I would pack up my painting supplies and go to the Academy and paint for 2 hours. Marvellous. As you knowContinueContinue reading “Introduction to Oil at the Art Academy London”

It’s the third time now that I’ve been to Tenerife around my birthday, which is just before Christmas. So the perfect time to escape grey, cold London to an island where 30 degrees in autumn is the usual. My main criteria for this time was to stay somewhere off the beaten path. If you’ve beenContinueContinue reading “Tenerife 3.0”

Believe it or not, but I was able to escape for a week in October, after a dull summer waiting for the Covid vaccine. But once I got that second jab, I was off and I only realised during my travels how much I missed it and how refreshing it is to see something elseContinueContinue reading “An autumn week in Sicily”

Feminism. A word that many people have embraced as something to support as a human being in the 21st century and some still shy away from it because they don’t understand the importance of it. When we think of feminism, as white people, the struggle for white mainly middle-class women comes automatically to mind. ThisContinueContinue reading “Why we need intersectional feminism and why it is not about men”

It’s already been a little while since we went to Hastings but it is such a nice place to visit that it deserves a post. It was back in April when restrictions were easing and the temperatures weren’t quite as summery as one would wish for, but what was I expecting really just after Easter?ContinueContinue reading “Day Trip to Hastings”

It is not even a year ago when everyone supposedly woke up and looked racism into the eye, for many that was the first time in their lives. And BIPOC are still being killed by police. Which is only the tip of the ice berg, it’s what we can see visibly in the media butContinueContinue reading “What does your daily anti-racism work consist of?”

Some found their love of caring for a sourdough starter, others started a sport routine and some might have found a new passion such as knitting or puzzling (is that a word? Making a puzzle, creating a puzzle, you know what I mean). I decided I will fill this dark hole in my reading listContinueContinue reading “Pandemic Project: Harry Potter”

NAPOLI One of the highlights of 2020 was definitely a trip to Naples and the Amalfi Coast. When it was possible and allowed I was able to travel to Italy and what can I say, Italy is always worth the trip. It was not the first time for me to visit Campania, but the firstContinueContinue reading “Campania – proper coffee, pastries and winding roads”

Hello and welcome in the New Year! To be honest with you I don’t really get this whole “New Year, everything will be different” approach, however, I do understand there might be a bit of hope on the horizon with vaccines coming our way, even I feel more hopeful now that we’ve put 2020 toContinueContinue reading “New Year New Art”

Travelling during a pandemic is often viewed critically. Ideally we should lock ourselves up in our four walls and not leave the house since the invisible enemy could be lurking at every corner. But, you know, one needs a change of scenery every once in a while, and despite England having a lot to offerContinueContinue reading “The French Escape”