Archive for the 'Performance' Category

Yoga, busking and poi

Monday, October 11th, 2010

The sun was bright but low in the sky as I cycled to yoga with Martin Bondi at John’s College. The river seemed more alive than usual, with a visiting black swan preening itself and a war party of swans busking up the river in a threatening territorial display – a pen and five cygnets […]

Christmas is a coming

Sunday, December 13th, 2009

It’s been a Christmassy week. I have brought and wrapped a million useful or edible items as presents and sought out a Christmas tree and carried it back on my bike to the flat where it is now tastefully decorated with fairy lights and a little baked dough angel that Rich’s mum gave me years […]

Pif-Paf at the Sedgwick Museum and bike shopping at Horrid Halfords

Saturday, July 11th, 2009

I went to see the Sedgwick Museum to see

St Lucia warms chilly Sweden

Friday, December 12th, 2008

It’s been a whirlwind week of work and St Lucia celebrations. Sweden is crazy about the festival and churches are full of small children dressed up as St Lucia in white dresses with red sashes. Large companies have their own candle lit processions and everyone is really up for celebrating it even if they are […]

Small doses of culture

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

The cultural festival was quite good. The city was heaving with people night and day. On Friday night we went to see Circo da Madrugada – Fallen From the Sky. It was a magnificent acrobatic, tightrope walking, juggling and fire breathing display. The story they structured all this around was based on a Brazilian legend […]