Everything London

Sometimes, just sometimes magic happens. By absolute chance I came across this free exhibition on the walkway in an area thats been pedestrianised, by Kings College London and Somerset House. It really spoke to me because it is quite literally what I've been thinking about for some time now, and I love stories, fantasy and fiction too, the idea of creating other worlds and other realms, it's magical. The Quiet Enchanting. And it was. Quietly there on the wall, almost, out-of-the-way, not shouting out, not in the bustle of walkways or near the road; you might miss it if you didn't look up. Enchanting with the images, the stark questions on the walls with imagery to suit something from dreams. I just submitted a story to Hodder & Stoughton yesterday, fantasy fiction about the world we live in and people's intentions based on my observations when I worked at the UK Department for International Development, now defunct, and got rid of by the current UK government. S...

Sometimes when the weather changes and the nights get dark early.. you might find yourself walking along the street away from the greenery of the hilly park, in the rain in the middle of the day you might need a pick me up coffee.. ...you might need a pick-me-up piece of cake, you might even want to get away from it all and hide away under a glass roof while the rain comes down and nestle down with a good book, maybe a borrowed one, of real paper and hey then the warm, kind, French sounding barista tells you he ' just wants you to be happy' , so much he's even printed it on the cup... No it's not Alice in wonderland, it's all true!! It's called Falla and Mocaer on Parkway in Camden. Nobody of Any Importance on the table there by the sugar, go pick it up. Falla and Mocaer are two of the most vibrant friendly cafe owners you're likely to meet, always a conversation and a really interesting one; we talked about WW1, because one of the book...