This weekend at the Ashmolean was the last viewing of the Henry Moore and Francis Bacon exhibition that has recently been held there. While that exhibition was drawing to a close however a selection of bejewelled loveliness created by renowned goldsmith Kevin Coates was just opening. Zoe and I headed along to see the pieces. Read more about The bejewelled world of Kevin Coates[…]
So Yesterday on a very cold and drizzly 31st January, myself and the boy celebrated 3 years together! Obviously he deserves a medal but instead we went for dinner at Turl Street Kitchen in the centre of Oxford. The kitchen only has a selection of 3 or 4 dishes for starter, main and dessert but Read more about Happy three years![…]
This was me, laid out on our bed, feeling very itchy on Tuesday night. Two years ago I had a really bad reaction to something that brought me out in blisters on both my right and left hands. After that initial bad reaction I started to get tiny bubbles appearing on the tips of my Read more about A week I’m pleased to see the back off[…]
So with it being ‘firework weekend’ and all that Jam, our friends David and I headed into Oxford to do the obligatory ohhing and ahhing over the South Parks fireworks. We met David at 2.30 in Oxford so therechance for a couple of drinks and some nibbles before the main festivities kicked off. Our first Read more about Remeber remeber…[…]
There is no rest for the wicked and so I spent most of Friday night in the kitchen making pink vanilla cupcakes with very pink icing. The reason was Against Breast Cancer were taking over Abingdon market place and they were a bit short on cake. So I put on the oven and had a Read more about More cake and curtains[…]
On a blustery and quite unpleasant Monday eve last night I resisted the temptation to stay at home & cuddle up to the witchcat/radiator and headed out for a 2 hour workshop with Richard Skinner (yes he of the Fiction programme at the Faber academy) entitled Practical Writing tips. Our homework before we got to Read more about The novel – another serious attempt to finish[…]
Yesterday Zoe and I headed to Oxford to see an exhibition being hosted by the Bodleian called Magical Books. At the heart of the exhibition were the original maps from middle earth, Narnia and Lyra’s Oxford. They also had a version of the alethiometer but alas no photos were allowed so you’ll have to visit Read more about Endeavouring to please[…]
Last night I took Jam to the New Theatre to see The Illusionists, a collection of seven magicians who tour together. The show started with the escape expert (who was suspended upside down from the ceiling in a straight jacket, obviously) escaping. Before a full size steam train appeared on on the stage. There were Read more about It’s a kind of Magic[…]
This Friday we headed off to the Ashmolean for a late night organised by Oxford Fashion week. There were models showing off designer dresses, with the chance to photograph or sketch if that was your thing (these are a couple of my favourites, there was a theme of clothing from different countries and different decades). Read more about A passion for fashion at the Ashmolean[…]
So today we headed off to Millets farm to tackle their maize maze, before we went in we were given a large red flag so if we got really lost we could wave it and be rescued. We decided to start small and started in the fairy maize (nice and small with quite small corn). Read more about We tackle the maize maze[…]