Calamity Jane Review

by | Mar 12, 2015 | Theatre

Before Grease, Dirty Dancing and Pretty Woman became the chick flicks of my ears there were the chick flicks from the golden age of film.  The films that your grandma would watch and swoon over the magic, the romance and probably the leading man. Calamity Jane is up...

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time Review

by | Feb 13, 2015 | Theatre

When it comes to shows at the theatre, I’d class myself as “in the know” so when I heard that Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time was coming to the Regent Theatre In Stoke I embarassingly found myself drawing a blank. Taking ideas from the...

Eds Easy Diner Selfridges Birmingham

by | Dec 17, 2014 | Food

Being from a city where most of the big chain restaurants and shops are something of a myth or a mirage in a land far away, a hop, a skip and a jump (and a train) to Birmingham always comes with the promise of visiting the Bullring, and more specifically than the...

Pizza Express Christmas Menu

by | Nov 17, 2014 | Food

In line with Britain getting in the mood for the festive season, I was invited along to my local branch of Pizza Express (Stafford) to give their Pizza Express Christmas Menu a whirl as part a Saturday date evening.  I took the OH along to get in the crimbo spirit and...

HD Brows with Lash and Nail Queen

by | Oct 8, 2014 | Beauty

A few years ago eyebrows were just eyebrows. An arch of hair above ones eye which would be suitably groomed/plucked at home or in the confines of a salon to avoid the dreaded monobrow. Now, brows are big business with numerous brow products hitting cosmetic stands and...