Category Archives: Play

New Donnedure post- from small-holder to seamstress
My new Donnedure post looks into how my Nonna went from living in a small-holding family in the Venetian countryside, to a seamstress’ assistant in Milan. It picks off just after her father dies – ‘And so, how did you

New Donnedure post- from small-holder to seamstress
My new Donnedure post looks into how my Nonna went from living in a small-holding family in the Venetian countryside, to a seamstress’ assistant in Milan. It picks off just after her father dies – ‘And so, how did you

From the Archives: The (Mind) Games: are you training your brain enough?
A post I found whilst cleaning up this blog, all the way from the heady Olympic summer of 2012. This is what Thought Menu became, after all that. It’s not just your legs that benefit from a good work-out: they

From the Archives: The (Mind) Games: are you training your brain enough?
A post I found whilst cleaning up this blog, all the way from the heady Olympic summer of 2012. This is what Thought Menu became, after all that. It’s not just your legs that benefit from a good work-out: they

My Nonna’s Milan.
I’m doing the undone and writing up a book as a series of blogs. This is the first blog – an introduction- my Nonna’s Milan – always a good place to start! I’m playing with the idea of an E-Book that spans the

My Nonna’s Milan.
I’m doing the undone and writing up a book as a series of blogs. This is the first blog – an introduction- my Nonna’s Milan – always a good place to start! I’m playing with the idea of an E-Book that spans the

Are you well-connected?
A toolkit-in-progress: five ways to thinking about being well-connected. It is an exciting time in the RSA’s Connected Communities team. Alongside our academic partners UCLAN and LSE, we are approaching an interesting milestone in our seven-site, five year Connected Communities programme that seeks to understand how community and social connections affect

Are you well-connected?
A toolkit-in-progress: five ways to thinking about being well-connected. It is an exciting time in the RSA’s Connected Communities team. Alongside our academic partners UCLAN and LSE, we are approaching an interesting milestone in our seven-site, five year Connected Communities programme that seeks to understand how community and social connections affect
Slattern’s pasta sauce
The Slattern’s pasta sauce – as they make it in North London. I’m something of a small dust-town deity in the kitchen. Nothing that will save your life, but you will probably think of my improvised dishes once in a
Slattern’s pasta sauce
The Slattern’s pasta sauce – as they make it in North London. I’m something of a small dust-town deity in the kitchen. Nothing that will save your life, but you will probably think of my improvised dishes once in a
Some Recordings
Some – not excellent – recordings over on SoundCloud, with the ever excellent Brad.
Some Recordings
Some – not excellent – recordings over on SoundCloud, with the ever excellent Brad.

New York Food Walk
I discovered that New York is something of a haven for the gluten free-ers… And the coffee-lovers….

New York Food Walk
I discovered that New York is something of a haven for the gluten free-ers… And the coffee-lovers….