It takes a special kind of event to get me to travel to London and back after work these days now I’m queen of the early night and the early start, but the promise of seeing one of my favourite films of this year followed by a Q&A was something I couldn’t pass up. This… Read More Rocketman + Q&A with Taron Egerton and Dexter Fletcher
This really should have been the first thing I posted on this blog. I was introduced to New Mexico through Breaking Bad, and it’s the show that took me to that part of the US in the first place, but it’s become a favourite place to visit, filled with good friends, hot chile (yes, that… Read More A Breaking Bad Tour of New Mexico – Part 1
I drafted this post ages ago – it’s going to be one of those with little to read but lots of photos to see. Peterborough may not have the most glowing of reputations but the Cathedral is one of the most impressive I’ve seen, inside and out, and beating the crowds to a morning wander… Read More A weekend of exploring – Burghley House, Stamford and Peterborough
Back in the days of Livejournal I’d post a lot of photos from events, conventions, Q&As etc but since neither LJ nor Flickr aren’t what they used to be I miss having a home for them. This event may have been a long time ago (September 2011) but I snapped some of my favourite ever… Read More Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – London Premiere
Last year I wrote about my 2016 trip to Atlanta where I spent the weekend (courtesy of the fantastic Atlanta Movie Tours) enjoying all things The Walking Dead, visiting locations, meeting extras, watching episodes, posing with walkers…that kind of thing. In fact, I loved it all so much that I went back. And did all the… Read More Atlanta – The Walking Dead Tours (Again)
My main reason for visiting Morocco was to take a trip into the Sahara, so Marrakech seemed an ideal starting point and an interesting city to explore. I sought plenty of advice before booking accommodation or excursions, particularly from solo female traveller blogs, so I knew Morocco might bring some challenges. I had been advised… Read More Morocco
I was on the fence about going to this event for months, but I recently fell back into a Walking Dead spiral so the decision was made in typical “fuck it” style. Most signing events I go to are held in soulless expo halls but this was in a University, offering an abundance of loos,… Read More Wales Comic Con
Until a couple of years ago I couldn’t have placed Cartagena on a map, but then I discovered it in a video game and researched it and stared at photos of it and, like a dozen other places I’ve been drawn to, knew I had to go and see it for myself. I’d never been… Read More Cartagena
A binge-rewatch of The Walking Dead last spring confirmed how much I really loved the show, so during the summer holidays a Michigan-based friend of mine and I agreed to meet up in Atlanta to do some of the locations tours. I hadn’t been to Atlanta since 2003, when I spent 45 miserable minutes at… Read More The Walking Dead Tours
My love affair with Breaking Bad is known to most of my friends – perhaps I’ll do a post about how deep that love affair goes – and one of the effects of it is a love for Bryan Cranston. In May 2014 I flew to Broadway to see him on stage in All The… Read More An Evening With Bryan Cranston
Ludonarrative Dissonance 