It’s been just over a week since we sat down as a nation, me with beer and takeaway in hand, to watch the election night coverage unfold. Just over a week since the clocks struck ten and we assembled our faces in a collective grimace, ready for the exit polls to confirm the inevitable Conservative… Continue reading Election 2017: the aftermath
It’s just two days until the UK descends unto the polling stations to have their say on who should run the country. A snap election, no one was really ready for this; we were all essentially hurled into a situation where we have to make a major decision in a really short space of time.… Continue reading Why I’m voting Labour in the 2017 general election
The culture Dripping in history, Firenze (as the Italians say) is one of those cities where you can end up feeling a tad overwhelmed. It’s fairly small as a whole, but it feels as if every street has a story to tell. Of course, some stories are more famous than others. There’s the Ponte Vecchio, with the… Continue reading Florence part 2: The culture & the vibe
Some people just aren’t really that into music. I’m not one of those people. It was music that fuelled my early teenage years, music that excited me and moved me and gave me that passion for life, so necessary during that awkward period of growing up. I’d go to severals concerts a year, any chance… Continue reading A few words in light of the Manchester bombing, 23rd May 2017
The food So it turns out that Florence isn’t really renowned for its pizza, which goes against everything I thought I knew about Italy (basically, pizza everywhere). However, its home to a lot of other incredible food, and I was lucky to carb-load my way through quite a lot of it… 4 Leoni Set in… Continue reading Florence, part 1: The food, the drink, & consuming it all solo
I’m posting this from Florence, Italy, where I’m staying for a few days – on my own. This isn’t necessarily new territory for me (going solo, that is – Firenze is all new!), but it made me consider the practicalities of going away on my own and why I do it. So I had some… Continue reading 5 thoughts on… going on holiday on your own
The ask: a restaurant fancy enough for a date on a Monday evening where I can wear a dress and heels without looking out of place and still eat good, reasonably priced food. The answer: Le Mistral! Tucked away in a quiet courtyard just a stone’s throw from the busy Market Square, Le Mistral is a French-style bistro… Continue reading robyn reviews… Le Mistral, Nottingham
