Are you Sew Over It? Then visit their Camden Pop Up!
I’m what you call a “learner sewer”. Or sewist. Or something. I got my very own sewing machine 4 years ago and since then I’ve made skirts, and cushions and totes and a number of other things all in...
View ArticleChocoholics afternoon tea at the Hilton, Park Lane
Chocoholics. Afternoon. Tea. Three magical words that sends shivers up the spine of any sweet-toothed lady. Usually priced at £40.50 per person, our posh chocolatey treat was a steal at £29 for two....
View ArticleAmerican Psycho The Musical at the Almeida – a review
There has been some understandable skepticism surrounding American Psycho – The Musical. Although it is erroneous to assume that all musicals are shallow, sparkly froth, (even if such narrow mindedness...
View ArticleLondon – eat, shop, party, repeat.
Three crucial components make London my kinda place to be: Shopping. Food. A bloody good bar. So long as I’ve got money in my pocket and reasonably good hair, I’m happy with this stuff around me. I’m...
View ArticleWest End to Broadway – Once in Two Cities
Now I wouldn’t be doing my High Tea Casting right if I didn’t give you a stage review, so here, as part of my New York adventure, is a review of the 8 Tony Award winning musical, Once. Also, as I’m a...
View ArticleBang Said The Gun stand up poetry – making poetry fun (and loud)
Having never been to a night completely dedicated to poetry reading before, I didn’t know what to expect. The familiar image you saw on TV once of pale-faced posh people in berets crying into a...
View ArticleFizzy Good Make Feel Nice – In The Heights Review
Every so often a corker of a musical will pop up on London’s Fringe. This Summer, that show is In The Heights, a multi Tony Award winning firework of a musical showing at Southwark playhouse. The...
View ArticleJust smile – a day at Alton Towers
When asked if I would like tickets for Alton Towers to give the new Smiler rollercoaster a test run and get a free pizza in the bargain, I had to consider my options. This lasted about 2.5 microseconds...
View ArticleTheatre Review – The Man Who Would Be King
The coming of Edinburgh means new young actors and writers springing up and testing their material on tough London audiences before heading north. I went and saw Who Shot Liberty Valance in the...
View ArticleAll aboard the Afternoon Tea Bus
A few weeks ago, I was out and about on my lunch break and I spotted this: It’s only a freakin’ Afternoon Tea Bus. This immediately appealed to me, as it combines three things I love – cake, tea and...
View ArticleAfternoon tea at The Merion Hotel, Dublin
While the men went on a very adventurous white water rafting/camping sort of a stag do, we hens found ourselves enjoying a much more civilized weekend. Among the small group of us there was not even...
View ArticleA View From The Shard
Tourism. It’s a funny old game and ever since London 2012 I’ve become even more aware of how our capital is bending and changing to meet the needs of an ever lucrative tourist market. Perhaps I’m over...
View ArticleTips for attending a celebrity event as a total nobody
Living in London, you sometimes end up at glamorous events almost purely by accident. You’re just walking to the tube station with Serial on your iPhone and H&M boots on your feet when BOOM red...
View ArticleHouse of Cuckoo Cakes at Taylor Taylor
Name me three ingredients you’d never, ever think to put into a cupcake recipe. Alright, for the smart arses who’ve listed pubes, bog roll or toothpaste, let me rephrase: Name me three HEALTHY...
View ArticleMy first bad trip – a cautionary tale
I am not an experienced drug taker. Dalliances with marijuana in university resulted in my eating enough salt and vinegar crisps to disintegrate my tongue, followed closely by bed. Experimentations...
View Article7 of the best London walks for Valentine’s week
Obsessively curious Londoners with no Valentine’s day plans, follow our lead – we have just the activity for you. Whether you’re a loved up lady with a beau to string along on a city adventure, or a...
View ArticleYou should probably join a Book Club
There’s a word I hate, and that word is “hobby”. It hurts coming out of my mouth and it hurts my ears and it calls to mind over-active pre-teens and middle-aged people looking for belated fulfillment...
View ArticleHigh Tea Comedy at the Leicester Comedy Festival 2015
Every February, Leicester holds one of the world’s largest comedy festivals. Tis a ruddy good festival and I’ve even blogged about it before. Ever since coming to Leicester, I have made it an annual...
View ArticleLady Dinah’s Cat Emporium
I’m a self-confessed cat-twat. There’s no two ways about it. If I’m not giving my cat a cuddle, I’m talking about cats with my best friend or sharing cat lolz on the internet. Hell, I’ve even worked...
View Article5 movies you need to check out this summer
Despite the summer months looming around the corner, the British sunshine has had a lot of fun fucking with us all in the past couple of weeks. You’d be forgiven for thinking it was the middle of...
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