Birds Eye View will be fetching up at the Picture House Cambridge on Sunday 8th March as part of International Womens Day with a programme of interesting short films by women directors. Not many people in this country know there is an international womens day – it’s not something we think about so much here, [...]
Entries from February 28th, 2009
Birds Eye View is coming to Cambridge
February 28th, 2009 1 Comment
Tags: BEV · birds eye view · cambridge · cinema · east anglia · east of england · festival · film · networking · new film · short film
Holiday
February 18th, 2009 3 Comments
I’m escaping the mud season here to a much warmer place for a week – back with increased optimism that spring will happen* at the beginning of March.
This beautiful photograph of India is by Steve McCurry, who has made me completely overexcited about going with his beautiful, atmospheric images. I hope the real India lives [...]
Tags: holiday · hurray! · india · post break · time off
Memories of the Norfolk Broads
February 15th, 2009 No Comments
I’ve just been spending time on a fascinating site broadlandmemories.co.uk, an archive of photos and reminiscences of the Norfolk Broads from the 1900’s to the present day.
For me the best part is the photo galleries from the 1930’s and 1950’s – the men in their one piece wool bathing suits, wearing sports jackets in the pubs. Otherwise [...]
Tags: 1930s · 1950s · boats · holidays · norfolk broads · photography · sailing · social history
China China China!!!
February 12th, 2009 1 Comment
The three exclamation points are all theirs. The China China China!!! exhibition is Chinese contemporary art at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts in Norwich until 3rd May.
It aims to be a wide ranging survey of the genre, or in their own words “Reflecting different perspectives on current art practice in China, the exhibition is [...]
Tags: art · china · chinese art · contemporary art · painting · sainsbury centre for visual arts
A nautical one night stand
February 7th, 2009 1 Comment
Valentines day entertainment for all you 1940’s pin up girls at the Talk in Norwich. It looks like a glorious evening – I’d like to draw your attention to the dress code of Fishnets and Seamen. Find out more on their myspace page.
via All Things Considered
Tags: bo nanfana · club night · dancing · Dressing up · Forties · retro · social club · swing · valetines day · vintage
Arctic blasts
February 7th, 2009 1 Comment
It’s been a cold and chaotic week round our neck of the woods, but today has been beautifully sunny and the snow is retreating. I abandoned the plans I’d had to drive a hundred miles away and instead took a walk over the snow dusted fields to look at some big skies.
Definitely a week to [...]
Tags: cambridgeshire · country walks · east anglia · photography · sky · snow · winter