Archive for the ‘culture’ Category
Goat Staring
Posted by: Sonya on: December 5, 2009
What seems way back now, in the beginning of November, Charlotte and I were privileged enough to attend the premiere of The Men Who Stare at Goats at the Tyneside Cinema in Newcastle. Well, there were actually two premiers. The other one was in New York and had George Clooney and Ewan McGregor. Newcastle’s not [...]
An Out Of This World Experience
Posted by: Sonya on: October 10, 2009
If you happened to catch the local North East news on Tuesday evening you may have seen a feature on the opening of the new Planetarium in Newcastle’s Centre for Life, the largest of its kind in the North. Well, Charlotte and I were there.
Actually, it’s not so much a new planetarium, I know, because [...]
Holland Holiday
Posted by: Sonya on: September 12, 2009
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Hey, it’s September now, Autumn , and it’s been more than a month since my fabulous holiday in the Netherlands! A week camping in beautiful Dutch forests with all my favourite friends, daily excursions to the locals towns and cities like Leersum, Tiel, Utrecht and of course an obligatory day in Amsterdam [...]
The Escapist
Posted by: Sonya on: July 15, 2009
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We’ve just finished watching The Escapist and I can’t stop thinking about it – don’t you just love it when a movie does that to you!? I wouldn’t have thought this would be my kind of film, and I wouldn’t have watched it if it had been my pick tonight, but Charlotte fancied [...]
Hancock Museum
Posted by: Sonya on: May 25, 2009
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We went to the newly re-opened Hancock Museum today, it’s very good and very full. We were in there for about two hours but still didn’t get to see everything on the first floor before we were kicked out at closing time. Most importantly they have a dinosaur making it an A* museum.
Nevertheless, everything in [...]
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