Tag: London
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Summer Session No. 9 | London- An Exhibition
Take a day trip into London to the V&A for the Kimono: Kyoto to catwalk exhibition which looks something divine. The reverence of Japanese culture and the history of the Kimono all tied into one. It is bound to be fascinating and a much needed day out if we cannot get on the plane to…
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On A Random Sunday Morning, We Went Truffle Making
Sunday morning, its raining and its grey you really don’t want to get out of bed but then a long awaited truffle making class has been scheduled by a crazy person on a Sunday morning- said crazy person being me. I should point out that my relationship with chocolate can best be described as love-hate-meh,…
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Go See | Three Sisters
In the end what was it for and why? Stories of the Biafra war is one I heard growing up; my grand parents having lived through it- both Yoruba and Igbo origin. Stories of hope and pain; it is hard not to interlace the two with regards to this conflict. The idea though noble was…
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The Holiday Windows | Fortnum & Mason- Cats
I love this window so much I could cry and I am not much of a cat person, they play way too hard to get for my patience but this window, this incredible window, is all the joys of Christmas wrapped up in one; Happy, festive, traditional, whimsical, fun, lovely… and all the superlatives one…
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The Holiday Windows | Selfridges – Futuristic and Minimalistic
I hated this window when I saw it, it didn’t make sense, where was the pomp and ceremony? Where was Christmas, the glitz, glamour and tree. I didn’t even think s’nice I just thought wtf is this. BUT as with the liberty window it took a few visits for me to actually really love this…
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The Holiday Windows | Harrods- The Kingdom Of Christmas
The Holiday are coming… the holidays are coming and there is nothing more magical than the windows of the departments stores in London. You’ll be hard pressed to find any better, anywhere else in the world; a big statement to make but colour me biased. London has a way of bringing christmas to life in…
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Frida Kahlo- Making Her Self Up | A Little Too Personal
Even in death, we deserve a little bit of privacy, no matter how public a live we lived, there should be some things that remain unknown, even in death, especially about our most intimate moments. I love Frida Kahlo, I’ve journeyed around to see her art work. I find her story both compelling, fascinating and…
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Twerkin’ On Tables & Other Life Lessons- Slay In Your Lane
Last week I and my sister had the distinct pleasure of attending an evening with Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené authors of the Black Girl Bible and all round book of wisdom, Slay In Your Lane. Before now, there were very few books that spoke to Black women in Britain, that spoke directly to us,…
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Go See | The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives
Lola Shoneyi’s bestselling novel is brought to life on the London stage in this ambitious, funny, witty and poignant play. A show of hilarity and intrigue, tragedy and karma (a big theme in many a Nollywood films), the play revolves around Baba Segi a wealthy trader who lives in a mansion, his four wives and…