Tag: london
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My First Ever Solo Trip To London
At the start of the year, I took my first ever solo trip to London. I’ve had day trips to London by myself in the past but never actually stayed there on my own. I thought I would share the whole experience because it was something totally new to me. In the end, I really…
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Visiting Dippy At The Kelvingrove Museum
Dippy the Dinosaur is a plaster cast model of a Diplodocus carnegii. For over one hundred years it stood in the entrance hall of the Natural History Museum in London. But recently the powers that be in the museum decided Dippy had to be replaced. As part of this process, Dippy then went on a…
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Visiting London Graphics Centre | Art Supply Haul
I was in London over the summer and while there I visited the London Graphics Centre. This is one of my all-time favourite art shops. So I wanted to share more about it and also what I bought while I was there. ABOUT LONDON GRAPHICS London Graphics Centre is just a few minutes walk away…
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A Back-To-School Muji Haul
I was down in London a few months ago. And while there I decided to pop into Muji to do a little back-to-school shopping. Now I am doing an art course at university so I have no idea what my classes will be. But I thought I would buy a few things anyway. So here…
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Urban Sketching in London
While I was in London in June I thought I would try my hand at urban sketching. This is a relatively new art style (at least it is to me), where you draw while on location. A big part of urban sketching is that the drawing doesn’t have to look true to life, it’s almost…
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Lazarus by David Bowie and Enda Walsh
Last December I went to see Lazarus which was the musical written by David Bowie and Enda Walsh. This musical is a sort of continuation of The Man Who Fell To Earth. If you have time go look at how Bowie was inspired by his previous songs to create something new. It’s so cool to…
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A Day Trip To London To See Lazarus
Way back at the start of December my Dad and I took a quick trip to London to see Lazarus. The new musical written by David Bowie before he died. Here is what happened. We started off the day by getting the first train from Edinburgh to London. I wouldn’t really recommend this but it…
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Visiting The House of MinaLima In London
I may not have mentioned this before but I am a tad obsessed with the graphic design work from the Harry Potter movies. An exhibition of the graphic design work from the Potter movies recently opened in London and it is possibly my new favourite place. It’s called the House of MinaLima. Named after Miraphora Mina and…
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A Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Theatre Review
I’m going to talk some more about Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. To be more specific I’m going to talk about spoiler elements. If you haven’t seen the play I highly recommend you go see it before reading this post. If you still haven’t made up your mind about seeing the play you should…
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Visiting Cosmonauts At The London Science Museum
This is something I meant to post weeks and weeks ago so I apologise for talking about Christmas when it’s the last thing anyone want’s to think about right now. I apologise for writing about this post so close to the Cosmonaut exhibition closing. You still have 6 weeks if you want to see it (and…
The Paper Kind 