The UK has officially been in lockdown now for three months. Boris Johnson announced the plans for UK lockdown on 23rd March, for an initial three week period. And here we are three months later, still sort-of in lockdown limbo. The UK government has “lifted” restrictions somewhat in recent weeks. I can see why, the … More The Quarantine Butterfly
This is a post I certainly didn’t imagine would even be a part of the ‘reflections’ series that I decided to do during lockdown, and now it’s probably going to be the most important one. For those who don’t know, my mum sadly lost her fight with Alzheimer’s last Sunday. I’ve written previously about her … More Reflections of My Mother
Anyone who used to be a regular reader of my blog (all two of you), may have noticed that I haven’t been around much in recent months. This has mostly been due to two very major factors. Factor 1 – I moved house. And for the first month and a half of living in my … More Reflections on a time
Spring has officially sprung A new dawn has begun I’m moving to a new place on my own Somewhere I hope I can feel at home It’s scary and exciting all at the same time I feel anxious about how to end this rhyme Yep that’s right peeps, I’m moving on up. After two and … More New Beginnings
“I want a guy to show me myself. I want him to love me so deeply, I’m not afraid to show him how ugly I can be.” I just caught this incredibly important film last night, before it’s sadly limited run ended in Brighton cinemas after only one week. Queen and Slim – for anyone … More Queen And Slim
The thing I love about Clint Eastwood films is that they are usually always stories about ordinary people in extraordinary situations. Look at 2019’s The Mule. He himself played an ordinary older man who found himself involved in drug smuggling. The story of Richard Jewell is along much the same vein. Richard (Paul Walter Hauser) … More Richard Jewell
Last year I set myself a reading challenge on Goodreads, to read 20 books. The year before I set the challenge of 12 books – as I’m quite a slow reader so I figured one per month might just be do-able. I managed 15 that year. So I hoped that the next year I might … More 18 Books – One Year
As I did a run down and star rating of the books I read last year, I thought I’d also do a run down and star rating of the films too, but this time rather than running through all 81 films I saw in the cinema I thought I’d just do the best – and … More The Best and Worst Movies of 2019 and Everything in Between
Anyone who read my December round up of movie reviews will know that my initial plans to see Star Wars on it’s release date were unfortunately thwarted – by an unexpected bout of norovirus that hit me just before Christmas. It was really bad timing for me to contract the virus, not only because of … More Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker
It’s funny the things you remember when you’re children that you don’t realise you’ve remembered until years later. That’s kind of the theme of this book too, but I’ll get to that shortly. I’ve never read a Virginia Andrews novel before, but when my favourite podcast – My Favorite Murder – talked about two of … More My Sweet Audrina By Virginia Andrews Book Review
