–Can She Actually Speak?– A few weeks ago I read a feature in the brand new Stylist magazine about Kate Moss. Half-way through the interview I read this phrase that left me… well, sp...
Christmas Dress, originally uploaded by loscuadernosdejulia. As I’m writing this post, it is raining outside, and I’m elated that the winter season as we know it in the North West, with st...
Pablo Picasso, A Girl with a Book Everyone wants to understand art. Why don’t we try to understand the songs of a bird? Why do we love the night, the flowers, everything around us, without tryin...
Still image from Citizen Kane Great films can teach us more than what their makers plan while filming. The story quoted below can be found in Paul Arden’s book, and it amply demonstrates how far...
A long time ago I had a conversation with someone who was considering to be a man-of-letters. The person was meeting the difficult subject heads on. ‘It would be nice to write poetry‘, he ...
…protected by nothing except bikinis made of leopard skin and boots (it is almost mid-November, after all). Her gaze was inviting, and her dark locks flowed freely down her shoulders, entwining ...
Pratically hours after I briefly talked about saving the planet with the help of Social Media at the monthly Social Media Cafe, the UK-wide campaign to cut down emissions by 10% by 2010 has set off an...
I cannot complain about the number of lovely presents I have received, but to have an app dedicated by Tate Britain on Twitter is very different, so many thanks for such a wonderful surprise. Admitted...
A Kinky Boot, originally uploaded by loscuadernosdejulia. I took this photo in Oldham in 2007. I’ve not been back since, although hopefully I go soon. It’s approximately 30-mins bus ride f...
Diwali in Trafalgar, originally uploaded by loscuadernosdejulia. Back in April 2004 I travelled to London for the first time in my life. And then I went again at the turn of October and November in 20...