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Author Archives: alishep
Magic Lantern Festival – London
Last year I was delighted to be able to banish the winter blues, albeit temporarily, with a visit to Lumiere London. This light festival saw buildings in Central London used as a canvas for enormous illuminated projections that lit up … Continue reading
Posted in Art, London, Uncategorized
Tagged Art, Chiswick House, Festival, Lantern, light, London, Magic Lantern Festival
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Yorkshire 3 Peaks
Having booked to walk the Inca Trail with a friend later in the year, I was looking to spend a few weekends training for the uneven steps and long periods of uphill that I’m going to experience in Peru. Yes, … Continue reading
Posted in Travel, Uncategorized, Walking
Tagged Countryside, Ingleborough, Pen-y-ghent, Travel, Walking, Whernside, Yorkshire 3 Peaks, Yorkshire Dales
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The Driver’s Seat
The chosen book for June’s meeting of the Walthamstow Waterstones monthly Book Group was The Driver’s Seat by Muriel Spark. I hadn’t read any books by Muriel Spark before, but saw the film of “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Reviews, Uncategorized, Walthamstow
Tagged Book group, Books, Muriel Spark, Penguin Modern Classics, Reading, The Driver's Seat, Walthamstow, Waterstones
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Bad hair day
I’ve just come back from the hair salon wondering if I suffer from tonsurephobia. No, that’s not quite the right word; it’s not a fear of having my hair cut, more a hatred. Although that’s not quite right either – … Continue reading
Nederlands Dans Theater
Nederlands Dans Theater is one of the best dance companies in the world, if not the best dance company in the world IMHO. It’s a bold claim, but on every occasion that I have been fortunate enough to see them … Continue reading
LAND
I have long been a fan of both the Landmark Trust and the artist Antony Gormley, so I was thrilled to learn that to mark Landmark’s 50th anniversary an art installation by Antony Gormley, consisting of five life-size statues cast in … Continue reading
Masterchef 2016
I first wrote about the television programme Masterchef in December 2015, just as the professional series was coming to a close (you can read the post here). This was the “year of the blob” in which the one must-have kitchen item every contestant … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, television, Uncategorized
Tagged television; Masterchef; cooking; chef; cookery
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#loveparkrun
Across the UK, in fact now across the world, every Saturday morning a quiet revolution takes place. Over 100,000 people of all shapes, sizes and ages get out of their beds and go to a nearby park or playing fields, some … Continue reading
Posted in parkrun, Running, Uncategorized, Walthamstow
Tagged parkrun; Walthamstow; running; 5k
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Sri Lankan food: spicy and abundant
Not for nothing is Sri Lanka sometimes called the Spice Island. I can’t count the number of times I was told that a dish was “not too spicy” only to feel as though my mouth was on fire as chilli appears … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Food, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Food; travel; Sri Lanka; recipe; spice
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Religion in Sri Lanka
I had not given religion much thought before travelling to Sri Lanka, but once there you cannot help but notice it as it is everywhere. I had seen images of giant statues of Buddha in the travel brochure, but didn’t … Continue reading
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