It has been a long, long, long time since I have been to the circus. In fact  I was just a young loon the last time I experienced the magic and excitement of a show in the big top was  way back in the 1970’s,  at the Links in Aberdeen. I cant really be that old, let me change that to the 1980’s...

The world famous and renowned “Danza Contemporanea de Cuba” contemporary and ballet dance troupe from Cuba are going to be performing at Sadlers Wells Theatre on the 19th and 20th of March. This year they are celebrating their 50th anniversary since their formation in Havana with their first ever...

My plan on Saturday evening was to attend the United Underground 2 event at the Southbank Centre. But things went wrong and I never made it, which was a bit of a disappointment. I however did manage to attend part of the warm up event called “Writings On The Wall”. And thankfully it was worth attending. I...

Saturday morning at around 9.30am I boarded the luxury mini coach of Brit Movie Tours to embark upon one of their tours called the London Movie Tour. I was looking forward to seeing what famous British movie and television sites we would be visiting, as well as whether I would actually recognise any...

On Saturday 20th of February at  the Queen Elizabeth Hall in  the Southbank Centre in London plays host to the second United Underground extravaganza. United Underground is an event that is presented by Ctrl.Alt.Shift and is a  collaborative project hotsted by the Southbank Centre, British Underground...

At last one of London’s elite bloggers William K Wallace of the famed London Is Cool blog has finally received a Royal Invitation, which requires my humble presence. My invitation however isn’t with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace for afternoon tea and cakes, it is with Bloody Mary:...

The Gilles Peterson Worldwide Music Awards are taking place at “The Garage” in Islington on Saturday 6th of February. It is an event that all lovers of good music should seriously consider attending. You may be wondering what these awards are all about? Good question! Keep on reading and I will let...

Have you got the January blues? Are you feeling a wee bit skint after buying all those Christmas presents and over indulging in the sales. On seconds thoughts if you are like me, you would have been broke before the festive period even began. How does having a £100,000 burning a hole in your pocket...

Happy New Year to everybody, I hope you have all had a great 2009 and that the year ahead 2010 will be the best year of your life. Dare to dream the dream and really go for whatever it is you want out of life. I don’t know what lies ahead of me in 2010, but one thing I can guarantee is that it is going...

Yesterday was the 1st of December, which could only mean one thing! Which was? Well it was of course the first ever switching on of Christmas lights along Paddington’s, Praed Street in London. I couldn’t miss such a major event in the city of cool, London. I had been looking forward to this wonderful...

A couple of months ago I had my first real taste of Havana, Cuba way back in June when I attended an event called Havana Cultura at the Barbican in London. It wouldn’t have normally been the sort of event that I would have been interested in going to, however I’m glad I did because the singers, dancers...