The street art in Penang is about so much more than an interactive backdrop for your Instagram photos, the murals illustrate the story of George Town. Sculptures explain how roads got their names, signs describe the heritage of the area and large-scale portraits represent George Town businesses, past and present. When we took ourselves on … Read more
Melbourne is really growing on me. I mean, I always enjoyed coming for visits but I wasn’t sure how I would take to living here. Would the cooler weather get me down? The graffiti feel too grungy? The endless temptation from coffee and brunch spots get TOO MUCH? (Ok , I admit, that was never … Read more
“The section on the right,” Juma explained, “represents the women who protested the Pass Laws of Apartheid, whilst the faces on the left belong to the students of Soweto who rose up when it was declared that schooling would take place strictly in Afrikaans.” This important lesson about the events that helped dismantle Apartheid in South Africa … Read more
It’s been rather fun being in a tourist in the city I used to call home. I’ve only been away from London for 4 months but already I feel like I am seeing it with fresh eyes. Aside from eating and learning about things that were under my nose for many years, I’ve also had … Read more
A photo gallery of some the best street art in Melbourne, including work by Rone, Be Free and Vexta, and details of where to find them. (Although hurry, these walls are changing all the time!) I’ve been crushing on Melbourne since 2013. Find out why here.
When writing a recent post about my favourite street art around the world I realised I had never paid much attention to the magnificent work in my own city. I’d always seen it as a backdrop to other activities I was taking part in, like shopping or drinking! This weekend I sought to rectify that … Read more
Billed as Australia’s largest outdoor gallery, the Silo Art Trail is a collection of 8 decommissioned wheat silos in rural Victoria that have been transformed by international street artists. Large-scale murals depicting the local culture and community have been painted on the silos by world-renown artists in a bid to inject colour, creativity, intrigue and … Read more
Sometime around the middle of March, a handwritten note was popped through our letterbox. It was an invitation from our neighbours at number 33 to join a WhatsApp group they were setting up for the street, in case we should we need any assistance or be able to provide any when the inevitable lockdown came. … Read more
We’ve enjoyed 12 delicious weeks of life with our newborn baby Miles and what an emotional rollercoaster they’ve been. Life with a newborn has been harder in ways I didn’t imagine (what, you’re hungry again?!) and yet easier than what I was led to believe during my pregnancy. (If I had a £1 for every … Read more
This post is part 2 of my review of the G Adventures Agra Independent Adventure and covers what else we explored in Agra after visiting the Taj Mahal. I’d definitely recommend staying in Agra rather than doing a day trip to the Taj Mahal from Delhi. This post explains why. I needed some time to … Read more