Originally published at Women’s Views on News. ‘I really can’t thank the Bristol Festival of Ideas enough for helping What The Frock! get started.’ Women’s comedy business What The Frock! will celebrate its first birthday this weekend, with a bumper comedy fest featuring, among others, funny women Tiffany Stevenson, Bethany Black and Jayde Adams. The Bristol-based business … Continue reading »
Just a quick note to let you know that the next London Feminist Discussion Group, hosted by Rachel Hills and I, will be held on Tuesday May 7 at 7pm, at LEON on Old Compton Street in Soho. We’ll be talking about the Dove ‘Real Beauty’ Sketches Campaign. (Click through or see video below.) All women (and interested men) welcome. We … Continue reading »
On Saturday I got back from a week of pure escapism in Scotland, staying in a small town called Newton Stewart near the ‘Dark Sky‘ accredited Galloway Forest, where my partner first took me as a surprise almost three years ago. To cut a long and slightly soppy story short, we’d always wanted to go … Continue reading »
Originally published at Islington Now. Vicky Pryce was moved to an open prison at the weekend to serve out her eight month prison sentence, after spending just four days in Holloway prison. As Ms Pryce settles in to East Sutton Park, we look at other famous inmates of Holloway’s cells. Built in 1852, Holloway was originally a … Continue reading »
Originally published at Islington Now. William Shakespeare’s London career is traditionally associated with Southwark, where the famous bankside Globe Theatre stood between 1599 and 1644, not far from the site of it’s modern reconstruction. When he first arrived in London, Shakespeare was based at The Theatre in Shoreditch, and legend suggests he once lived on … Continue reading »
Originally published at Islington Now, with additional reporting by Jess Denham. Victims of domestic violence are waiting more than a year for rehousing, according to figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. The waiting time for rehousing of domestic abuse victims more than doubled last year, averaging 13 months, compared with waits of five … Continue reading »
Originally published at Islington Now. Fans of famous feminist Mary Wollstonecraft are celebrating her surprise appearance in the form of graffiti on the side of a church in Newington Green. The stencilled image of the 18th century “mother of feminism”, by street artist Stewy, is a bonus for a local campaign to get a statue … Continue reading »
Originally published at Islington Now. The Deep Space is a dark, moving tragedy of domestic life with a haunting intimacy that lingers with the audience long after the four actors take their final bow. Described as a “modern horror story”, the play centres on the conversation between two women in an interrogation cell – Caitlin, a … Continue reading »
Originally published at Islington Now. The latest offering from Islington’s Old Red Lion Theatre Pub is “modern horror story” The Deep Space. It was produced by Sprocket Theatre, whose ambitious young founder, Lila Whelan, both wrote the play and performs in it. Preston-born Lila graduated with a History degree from Newcastle University and spent five … Continue reading »
Vegans, who follow a lifestyle completely free from animal derived products, account for only one per cent of the UK population. I’d never even been a vegetarian when I joined that one per cent for a week, but I like falafel and green tea so I was quietly confident that – as long as I … Continue reading »
