When people ask me how I spent lockdown the answer will be children's TV, YouTube 'Let's Play's', and knitting. Those are my three defining pastimes right now. Life is pretty weird. As I mentioned in the first post in this lockdown language learning series, I've been using the extra time during lockdown...
Earlier this year I stumbled across a bucketlist I wrote when I was 16. Among things like "Move to New York" and "Buy a vespa" (?) I noticed one of the things I'd listed was "Learn German." Reading that little scrap of paper filled me with joy because while I'm not...
It's something of an oddity that at this very moment serial killer, true crime and murder mystery documentaries are experiencing the height of their popularity. Once upon a time one had to pay a visit to the hallowed halls of the History Channel to get one's fill of conspiracy...
It's always been important to me to stay inspired and to mark International Women's Day 2020 I'm celebrating some of the female characters I've found inspiration in. They are just some of my all-time favourite on-screen female characters. Whether it's through their strength, their sense of humour, their optimism, their style,...
Wine tasting on a Thursday evening. Who am I? Frasier Crane? I associate fine wines irrevocably with Frasier. And as I sat down at a table for NI Science Festival's wine tasting all I could think about was the episode when Niles becomes the "cork master" at their wine club....
In previous posts I've talked about my penchant for old buildings. I've done a paranormal tour of East Belfast's Strand Cinema, explored Hillsborough Castle, traversed Belfast learning about street art brightening up many abandoned buildings in the city; and much more besides. So, obviously the dork within me was well on...
I've always been drawn to old buildings. I love immersing myself in the design and decor of a bygone era, pretending I'm a character out of an Austen novel, whiling the days away in a large manor house, in a perpetual state of luxuriant boredom. From the Keats-Shelley house in...
A LITTLE GUILT GOES A LONG WAY Alright, full disclosure; I am in love with Christian Bale. It all started with American Psycho, then the Batman trilogy and then suddenly I was working my way through his entire filmography. Luckily, he's starred in some pretty good shit so it was easy...
SWING AWAY MERRILL. MERRILL...
It feels almost sacrilegious to not have a post dedicated to my 2019 goals yet. Can I even call myself a blogger without one? My Bloglovin feed has just been so saturated with content on fresh starts, why you don't need a fresh start, 2019 goals etc that I almost...