A Poem: Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité

Two years ago today the Calais jungle was demolished. Children, that myself and a team of The Hummingbird Project volunteers, had been working with for months were displaced all over France and the problem didn't end there. In the two years since the bulldozers came in and destroyed the small sense of home and the huge sense of community that had been built in The Jungle, children all over Europe have continued to be failed as they arrived on shores up and down the continent desperate for safety and a chance at a new life.

To My Time in the Calais Jungle

I have been waiting four months to write this, it took me that long to find the right words to describe how I feel, but finally I think I know what I want to say. 

Tea Talk | Holly Smale

I had planned to do a Tea Talk every Sunday, but seriously, when does my blog ever run to it's schedule? Last week was busy with Halloweek and then I ran out of time and camera battery (story of my life) so my Holly Smale post is here a few days late, but at least it's here!

Halloweek | Day Six | Pumpkin Carving Fun

I decided it was probably time to do a Halloweek post that didn't involve cupcakes or icing - I love carving pumpkins so me and my sister decided to have a Halloweve pumpkin carving and watching Hocus Pocus.

Halloweek | Day Five | Marshmallow Ghost Cupcakes

For day five of Halloweek I'm bringing another recipe to the table - day four was supposed to be different makeup styles but there was a photography issue - the issue being I didn't take any photos so you're stuck with cake. This time we have chocolate Marshmallow Ghost cupcakes and they are pretty great.

Halloweek | Day Three | Pumpkin Spice Latte and Molten Nutella Hot Chocolate

Day 3 of Halloweek is here and it's another recipe post - I've really enjoyed finding fun things to make and these were a quick alternative to regular coffee or tea as a yummy autumn drink!

Halloweek | Day Two | The Best Halloween TV Specials

I am a self confessed wimp - I HATE horror movies, to the point where I can count the ones I've watched on one hand and am completely convinced that if I watch enough I'll end up in one - I am not taking that chance. However, despite hating horror I do love Halloween and I especially like Halloween specials on TV shows - I think they're a cool step out from the ongoing story without the full on fear factor of a scary movie!

Halloweek | Day One | Pumpkin Spiced Cupcakes

First day of my 'Halloweek' series is a nice Autumnul recipe for Pumpkin Spiced Cupcakes. I made these last week with my sister and was really pleased with how they turned out. 

Tea Talk | Holly Bourne

I really enjoyed writing my last Tea Talk so I decided I'd try to make it a regular thing, it won't always be about a single book - this one is about an author and everything she has written to date - Holly Bourne.

October Love

October is my ultimate favourite month and since I've been pretty absent from the blog for a while I thought I'd come back with a post on why that is! Plus, it's my blog's first birthday this month so I want to up the creativity again!

ChoccyWoccyDooDah Brighton

ChoccyWoccyDooDah is one of those places in Brighton where the second you walk in you feel like Alice falling down the rabbit hole. Everything is magical and impossible and larger than life and despite being a resident Brightonian I still count it as a treat everytime I go in!

Tea Talk | The Bone Season

Three of my favourite things are tea, reading and talking .. so I thought I'd combine it all into a cute little post and talk about the book I'm reading at the moment - The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon.

Life Lately

I feel like it's been a god damn age since I wrote anything on here, I feel like that because it has been a god damn age! So in the spirit of making sure my blog doesnt commit suicide or go into a deep deep depression I thought it was time to get back to it!

The Rights Room Pop Up Shop | Brighton

I've been getting to work with some really cool artists over the last few weeks and this is just another great opportunity in Brighton that I wanted to share with you guys.

My Time With Brighton Youth Centre

You might have seen my posts last month about B.Fest, if you didn't, you should ... you can find those here. B.Fest was something organised by an events team at Brighton Youth Centre and since the festival I have been spending my Wednesday evenings with some of the loveliest people I've ever met.

Brighton Theatre Group does Hairspray

Brighton Youth Theatre Group productions are something I look forward to every time I know there is one coming up. Their most recent is Hairspray and last night I got to watch the opening night show. I was absolutely blown away. 

Femmetamorphosis | Review

L-R: Jade Rambaut, Rūta Gaile, Sharron Spice, Kofi Sampaney, Louise Salter, Keshia Watson, Lucille Johnson

Last Saturday I went up to London to spend the day with my best friend, whilst I was there I was lucky enough to go and see her in the preview of 'Femmetamorphosis' at the Bread and Roses in Clapham. I'd interviewed the cast and the director beforehand so it was really cool to see them all in person and get to watch the show!

The Mermaids Are Coming

Photo by Paul Kondritz

March of the Mermaids 2015 is fast approaching, soon the shores of Brighton Beach will be swarming with mermaids, mermen, king prawns, jellyfish, pirates and everything in between! I was lucky enough to get to talk to Chief Mermaid Hannah about where March of the Mermaids came from!

The Breakfast Club | Brighton

Last night I went to dinner at The Breakfast Club in Brighton, they've only been open for a few weeks and I've never been to one before so I was really excited to see what it was like.

The Cast Of ‘Femmetamorphosis’

So after my interview with the writer and director of ‘Femmetamorphosis’, you can find that here, I decided it would be really nice to talk to the cast too! These are the people bringing the creation to life, first in London and then at Edinburgh Fringe in August! So I got some questions together for them to answer and it was really interesting seeing the different ways in which each of the cast answered them. This is also a special post for me because this is the first time I've written anything about someone close to me - Jade Rambaut (featured on here once before with puppets in Hamleys) I can't wait to see her in this!