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Volunteering at Goodwood
I have just received an email to inform me that I’ve been accepted as a volunteer for the sustainability workshops at the Vintage at Goodwood festival next weekend. If you’re heading to Goodwood...
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Vintage at Goodwood
As I mentioned earlier this month, the weekend just gone was spent by me at the Goodwood Estate in West Sussex, as a volunteer for a new and rather different festival. Billed as a ‘celebration of...
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Women of the World
There has been lots of inspirational stuff happening this week, due in part to 8th March being International Women’s Day, but today sees the start of something really special. The first annual Women of...
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Beltane: Conjuring in the summer
While many were enjoying a leisurely bank-holiday weekend at the beginning of May, some of us were in the woods, conjuring in the summer. Let me explain… Beltane is one of the eight pagan festivals in...
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Vintage at the Southbank
Last summer I spent a wonderful weekend at Goodwood for the first ever Vintage Festival and wrote afterwards about how much I enjoyed my time as a Vintage Volunteer, and the full Vintage at Goodwood...
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Women of the World 2012
Last year, the Southbank Centre held its first Women of the World Festival, and I’m pleased to report that WOW is back in 2012! A “celebration of the formidable strength and inventiveness of women”,...
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Irreverent Dance ‘do’ Pride
Back in May, I received an email from the diversity officer at work about what we could do to celebrate this year’s Pride Festival. I clicked the link and browsed the events on offer, but one thing...
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Feminism Friday: Wowzers!
Saturday 8th March is International Women’s Day, so what better time to celebrate the achievements, creativity and talents of women and girls around the globe? Well, that’s exactly what Wowzers...
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Review: Magic Cone
When I received an email from French company Pissedebout about the launch of their Magic Cone product in the UK, I was intrigued. First of all, there was the name – pisse debout means ‘piss standing’ –...
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Review: Pet Shop Boys at Henley Festival
On the evening of 7th June 1991, aged 16 and celebrating the end of my GCSEs, I visited Wembley Arena to see my first ever pop concert. A few hours later, I headed for home pretty convinced that I...
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