I love to sing but anyone who has ever heard me sing will tell you that it’s not my strong point. I don’t have an awful voice but I find it hard to hold a tune – which doesn’t necessarily stop me from trying! My beloved boyfriend has decided to try to fix this state [...]

There are roofing works underway in our building right now. We are in the top floor flat so we are bearing the brunt of the noise. Our landlord has given us a 20 per cent rent reduction while the works are being carried out, which is fairly generous, so I don’t mind the noise so [...]

www.flickr.com Niltiac1′s Walthamstow Forest photoset There is quite a bit of green space in and around London. There are the parks, of course, but there are also wilder areas. Hampstead Heath has pockets of wilderness but for anything more substantial you need to travel further afield to places like Epping Forest and Walthamstow Forest – [...]

Last weekend Beth came up to London for a pot luck play – the idea being we would see what was on offer at the Half Price Ticket Booth at Leicester Square. Unfortunately I didn’t realise that most theatres are shut on Sundays in London so our options were fairly limited. We ended up going [...]

My tour guiding at the British Museum has finally started. I have been preparing since the start of the year, with formal training and also my own explorations. I have practised the tour on friends and then finally, last Sunday I did it for the public for the first time. I had seven people in [...]

www.flickr.com Niltiac1′s Birthday photoset Continuing with the Japanese theme, my birthday celebration was a Japanese-themed picnic in London’s Holland Park. We intended to hold it in the Kyoto Garden, a lovely Japanese Garden with a pond, complete with a waterfall, bridge, and large orange and white koi. Natalie, Jess and Steven made fantastic sushi. (Jess [...]