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back to the gym - what's changed?

Back to the gym | What to expect

July 29, 2020 Joanne Mallon 0

At last, the gyms are open again. No more exercising in the living room whilst the cat tries to bite my ankles. I feel like […]

Writers' London book

Writers’ London | Book review

April 10, 2020 Joanne Mallon 0

I was sent this Writers’ London book to review just before the big lockdown, and had been planning to use it to plan a few […]

FitBit Alta HR review

Walk This Way | FitBit Alta HR review

January 23, 2020 Joanne Mallon 0

My family were all aghast when I chose to wear my FitBit on my wedding day. I reasoned that you couldn’t really see it behind […]

Lin Manuel Miranda's daemon Hester the Hare

Lin Manuel Miranda’s daemon | Booth Museum Brighton

December 30, 2019 Joanne Mallon 0

If taxidermy and the sound of children crying are what floats your boat then the Booth Museum in Brighton will be right up your street. […]

Harry Potter's birthplace Lavenham Suffolk

Travel | Harry Potter’s birthplace | Lavenham

November 20, 2019 Joanne Mallon 0

This month I accidentally went to Harry Potter’s birthplace. I guess the fact that I was staying in a room under the stairs should have […]

Clifton Suspension Bridge

Bristol travel | Clifton Suspension Bridge

October 30, 2019 Joanne Mallon 0

My October travel tale is of a place both visited and not visited at the same time. Schrodinger’s minibreak, if you will. I’d never been […]

William Blake's cottage in Felpham

Sussex Travel | William Blake’s cottage

September 30, 2019 Joanne Mallon 0

My travel in September has been very William Blake heavy, mainly due to Himself having just written a book about Blake. If you’re not familiar […]

Vegan Afternoon Tea at Cake Boy London

August 22, 2019 Joanne Mallon 0

August saw me and the daughter on another trip to London. Our mission was to see the Van Gogh exhibition at Tate Britain. I won’t […]

Sussex & Kent travel | Rye & Camber Sands | Dungeness & Derek Jarman’s cottage

July 31, 2019 Joanne Mallon 0

Rye For my somewhere new in July, I traveled to the ancient, picturesque village of Rye, one of the most convincing lookalikes I’ve found for […]

Bitter Wheat play London

Bitter Wheat and Oscar Wilde in London

June 28, 2019 Joanne Mallon 0

My someplace new to visit in June was the Garrick Theatre in London, as I’d bought tickets for Bitter Wheat. Bitter Wheat, as you may […]

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