Category: Review

Review of everything I could think of.

4 Blogging Things I STILL Find Awkward, Brought By 4 FemmeLuxe Outfits

May 5, 2019

Having started blogging (under different names) in 2011, I’m not exactly the newest to the game. Yet, as my blogs have evolved and grown, there are STILL many things I find really awkward about blogging. Here are four of them, with the ways in which I’ve tried to overcome them (including a pitching template). Plus, … More 4 Blogging Things I STILL Find Awkward, Brought By 4 FemmeLuxe Outfits

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A Survivor’s Review of Netflix’s Dirty John

March 7, 2019

The #MeToo movement has shown that everyone, from A-Listers to your neighbour, can be a victim of abuse. Which is why it was great to watch the incredibly binge-worthy Netflix show Dirty John, where a successful, well-off career woman falls for an abusive con artist and sociopath who threatens her and her family. As an abusive relationship survivor and as a writer of a novel inspired by that experience, the show gave me a lot of feels and prompted me to share my thoughts on it. … More A Survivor’s Review of Netflix’s Dirty John

Briefs: Close Encounters at Leicester Square Christmas

November 24, 2018

Feeling like you are bloody tired of our world? Trust me, I’ve been there. Which is why I’ve nursed my Earth escapism with a visit to Briefs: Close Encounters, the most dragtastic boylesque show you NEED in your life right now. It’s at Leicester Square Christmas’ Spiegeltent, and here’s why you have to go. Now. … More Briefs: Close Encounters at Leicester Square Christmas

Floating therapy at The Floatworks

October 5, 2018

I read somewhere that floating therapy was all the rage to combat stress and anxiety, so I floated for an hour at The Floatworks in Vauxhall. Here’s what I thought about it. My mental health If you follow my blog you probably know I have anxiety, depression, PTSD and that I’m a cocktail of egomania and … More Floating therapy at The Floatworks

An Italian Woman’s View of Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Novels

May 26, 2018

During my latest holiday back home in Italy, I finished Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend four-book saga. I found it gripping, heart-breaking and terribly honest. In this article I will try to explain why it resonated with me, a 25-year-old woman born and bred in Italy. I’ll also feature some opinions from people who read it, … More An Italian Woman’s View of Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Novels

The Best House Party Ever

May 19, 2018

On Thursday night I went to The Little Blue Door Fulham‘s launch and it was the best house party ever. Here’s what to expect from this one-of-a-kind uhm… flat? Restaurant? Heaven? The House Party Imagine going to a house party. Now imagine that the house party isn’t at your mate’s John’s house, in some random … More The Best House Party Ever

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie

March 26, 2018

Y’all know I’m a sucker for drag. I’ve always thought drag queens were pretty awesome, but since becoming a RuPaul’s Drag Race addict I need all the drag I can get. So as soon as I heard that Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, a musical about a 16-year-old drag queen, was hitting the West End, I … More Everybody’s Talking About Jamie

Macarons cooking class at Jenius Social

November 25, 2017

Before last week, making macarons was up there with swimming with dolphins and finding an agent to publish my novel: kinda possible, but kinda hard. Then I went to Jenius Social‘s Sunday cooking class and went home with a fresh, colourful batch of macarons made by moi and I’m now legit convinced miracles do happen. … More Macarons cooking class at Jenius Social

Black Cat Cabaret

November 17, 2017

I’ve loved Cabaret, Burlesque and acrobatic performances since before becoming a pole dancer, but after I joined the “upside down” crew, events like these are simply unmissable. Naturally then, I was thrilled to have been invited to the opening run of the Black Cat Cabaret‘s festive show, an evening I was looking forward to so … More Black Cat Cabaret