The eagle-eyed Instagramers among you will have seen one place in particular pop up in my feed and Instastories over the past month. It’s somewhere I discovered by chance and loved so much that when my mum visited recently I knew I had to take her there.
A couple of months ago I took a race across the city to Chiswick Park to celebrate Chinese New Year. I wasn’t alone in my cultural pursuits as thousands of us snaked our way around some brilliant light installations to commemorate the Year of the Rooster.
Last week marked the four year anniversary of the Rana Plaza disaster where a building housing 5 garment factories collapsed in Bangladesh. Over 1,000 people lost their lives with a further 2,500 people injured. In response to the disaster a collective of designers and influencers came together to launch Fashion Revolution. Now in its fourth year, Fashion Revolution week raises awareness of the human and environmental impact of the fashion industry and how we as consumers can effect change.
I’ve been a member of WWT – that’s the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust for those in the know – for a good 5 years but, as Northern Ireland only has one WWT Centre I’ve not explored as much as I’d like.
With this in mind, I recently blew the dust off my membership card and headed to Barnes in West London to see how the London Wetland Centre compares to NI’s Castle Espie.
Since moving to London I’ve been desperate to see the British bluebells that captured the hearts and quills of the Brontë sisters but, for one reason or another, I never quite managed it. That is, until last weekend.
After a quick check of the bluebell status on Twitter and with a full camera battery I headed South along the motorway to the National Trust’s Hatchlands Park Estate.
