By now the whole world has heard of the incident at Parson's Green tube station on Friday where murder and mayhem were on a coward's agenda. While they managed to injure, 22 that we know of sought treatment but all have since been discharged, no one was seriously physically hurt.. In the panic to exit the station … Continue reading Spirit of London

Nestled in among the new development of Woodberry Down, just behind Manor House tube station in North London, lies the New River. The name however is rather inaccurate since it is actually a 400 year old viaduct so not ‘new’ or a in fact a river at all.  Completedin 1613, it was built to supply London … Continue reading Hidden Treasure

I’m sure if I write that an evening of poetry turned into an unexpected transformative experience you would think me crazy or a liar. At the risk of inducing eye rolls I will stand by that statement. As a teenager I discovered a book of poems belonging to my mother called The Mersey Sound – an … Continue reading Bearded Guy is Funny and then Sad

It’s one thing to observe – remaining safe on the other side of the microphone in the passively judging darkness beyond the stage. Watching and scrutinising and hopefully enjoying. No pressure there.It is with this trepidation I approached The Moth StorySLAM event held at the Rich Mix in Bethnal Green last night - in essence, an … Continue reading Throwing Caution to the Wind – Returning to The Moth

I love Shakespeare, it's a love that's grown through time though. As a child I remember a massive tome of a book that sat on one of my parent's bookshelves of his combined works, I found the size of it frightening and the seemingly foreign language it contained mystifying. My first school set work was A Midsummer Nights Dream and my imagination … Continue reading Not Quite a Comedy of Errors

July 18this celebrated as Mandela Day back home in SA (as briefly mentioned in We Got the Love). In short this initiative was launched in 2009 while Nelson Mandela was still alive. The date chosen was Madiba’s birthday, and commemorates his 67 years of activism (at that point in time) by asking all of us … Continue reading Close to Home

Nestled in the hustle and bustle of Old Street is the achingly cool Book Club. This hipster’s paradise serving delicious food and cold beer (alongside a ping pong table – of course) was the venue for a fantastic ‘StorySLAM’ event, The Moth. Launched in 1997 in the USA, The Moth is live, true stories told … Continue reading The Moth

I had planned a lazy Saturday last weekend following a rather late night out on the Friday (Operation South). My plans consisted of making tea and doing some cross stitch in the sunshine. (Hard core) After ‘making the most’ of summer so far and partying consistently hard I had given myself the ‘weekend off’ to … Continue reading We Got the Love

New Cross, South East London. A place I always knew existed but never visited. Except for that one time, in a taxi, being looked after by a work friend who took pity on me after a Christmas party… I had only returned a couple of weeks ago for the same friend’s celebratory reception party. There was a … Continue reading Operation South

“Said (poo-zah) - as ‘phuza’ is the traditional Zulu term for drink, it follows that ‘phuza Thursday’ is the act of drinking (most commonly binge drinking) on a Thursday night. This has become a burgeoning tradition among South African youth, with Thursday nights almost replacing Friday nights as occasions for heavy drinking.”It was with anticipation … Continue reading Phuza Thursday