When I first started working in Belfast, it was a real novelty to be able to pop into the shops at lunchtime. My office is only a couple of minutes away from Victoria Square (and Flannels) - and it was here where I locked eyes with the Celine Nano Luggage. There she was, sitting pretty... and ...
Book Club: Three Mini Reviews
It's been a while since my August Book Haul, and I've since devoured all three of these books. I really enjoyed each of them very much. Read on...! Number 11 by Jonathan Coe I adored this charming, wonderful book. It was one of those books you almost didn’t want to rush through, as you want to ...
Four Honest Opinions on Popular Culture
1. I have zero interest in Fashion Week - London, Paris, New York, it doesn't matter where, it just doesn't float my boat. I find it ridiculous and I cannot stand the snobbery surrounding it. I absolutely love clothes, and I'm always admiring outfits, beauty and hairstyles but those curated for ...
Book Club: Brooklyn
Brooklyn Book Review After hearing so much about Brooklyn, I picked up a copy when I was in Waterstones last week. I made my way through it in a few days, caught between trying to take my time to savour the book but being unable to put it down! Told in a third person narrative, the book ...
Thoughts on The Artist
The Artist film review Silence really is golden. Offering a captivating story, a charming cast and a celebration of old Hollywood, silent film The Artist is a black and white delight - yet one of the most colourful films you will see. Cinematic genius is a label not to be used lightly, ...
Book Club: Bonjour Tristesse
"Endearing, self-absorbed, seventeen-year-old Cécile is the very essence of untroubled amorality. Freed from the stifling constraints of boarding school, she joins her father—a handsome, still-young widower with a wandering eye—for a carefree, two-month summer vacation in a beautiful villa outside ...
Golden Age Thinking
"Nostalgia is denial... denial of the painful present." Do you ever watch a film and identify with it so much, you'd say it was made for you?! You may recognise the above, from what is undoubtedly my favourite film, Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris. I remember going to the cinema with Jamie ...