Every single event in the Winter Olympics is completely bonkers! My heart is in my mouth, worrying that there might be a fatality! Who thought that going head first round an icy track at high speed on what amounts to a tea tray was a good idea?! 🫣
Fay Hallam
@fayhallam.bsky.social
Art, Theatre, Travel, Books, History, Sewing, Street Art, Slow Fashion and Second Hand Style
Really enjoyed Autumn by Ali Smith. It’s a quick, easy read but is clever and funny. Bonus points for featuring Pauline Boty who deserves to be better known. #autumn #alismith #justread #booksky #booksky💙📚 #paulineboty
Is it me or do these mushrooms look more like a loofah?! Does anyone under 40 even know what a loofah is?! #lionsmanemushrooms #loofah #mushrooms
The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell is genuinely scary and hugely enjoyable! Spooky and twisty - I did not guess the ending! #silentcompanions #laurapurcell #booksky #booksky📚💙
This book won prizes and acclaim but I just found it profoundly depressing…. #thevegetarian #hankang #justread #booksky #booksky💙📚
A lovely day out at Brompton Cemetery, the final resting place of many fascinating people including Emmeline Pankhurst and Marchesa Luisa Casati. They also have very eerie catacombs! #bromptoncemetary #emmelinepankhurst #catacombs #marchesaluisacasati
The last hurrah of Summer. Spending it wisely at the seaside. Seafood and ice cream at beautiful Mersea Island #mersea #merseaisland #britishseaside #lastdaysofsummer
How did I not know that Oscar Wilde had children?! Also, a new one on me: the colossal squid! #mastermind #colossalsquid #oscarwilde
Our street is getting new pavements! The 8am pneumatic drilling and angle grinding is not good for the nervous system but I’m sure it will be nice when it’s finished!! #eastlondon #chasingpavements #onmystreet
A funny and enjoyable satire on the publishing industry with some serious ideas about identity, success and self image. #yellowface #rfkuang #justread #booksky #booksky💙📚
On my walk today: Anthony Gormley’s Quantum Cloud at Greenwich Peninsula #anthonygormley #publicart #greenwichpeninsula #onmywalktoday
This book has some lovely descriptions of the beauty of our planet and the destruction of it by humans but I found it repetitive and ultimately unsatisfying #orbital #booksky #booksky💙📚#justread
A new writer to me but I’ll be reading many more books by Louise Erdrich in the future #louiseerdrich #justread #booksky #booksky💙📚#lovemedicine
Amazing Lionesses!! Euro winners for the second time on the run!! Fantastic news for women’s football ⚽️🥇🏆 #lionesses #womensfootball #euros25
Very pleased that a question on Mastermind mentioned the menopause. Let’s normalise this! #mastermind #menopause
A few days chilling at the Jersey Shore: a stroll on the boardwalk, pottering round the vintage and bookshops in Asbury Park and watching the fireflies from my friend’s porch #newjersey #jerseyshore #asburypark #ustrip
More New York adventures! A walk around Times Square and The Rockerfeller Centre and a trip on the Staten Island Ferry #newyork #timessquare #rockerfellercenter #statenislandferry #statueofliberty
A few very special days in one of my favourite cities: A stroll in Central Park, a drink at The Stonewall Inn and the Fourth of July fireworks. Love New York! #newyork #fourthofjuly #centralpark #stonewallinn #fireworks
The breathtaking majesty of Niagara Falls! It’s great when a trip to such a famous place reinforces the power and beauty of the natural world. #niagarafalls #canada #naturalworld #breathtaking
Having the roofers in whilst trying to pack for a trip in a heatwave does not make for a stress free day! 🥵🤯 #holidaypacking #heatwave #lastminutestress
On my walk today: Beautiful but sad public art sculpture of a blue whale at Wood Wharf, made from ocean plastic washed up on the beaches of Hawaii. How are we continuing to destroy the natural world in this way? #publicart #bluewhale #oceanplastic #londondocklands #onmywalktoday #noplanetb
Absolutely loved this book! Written like a detective novel, it’s a satire on racism and stereotypes and is both heartbreaking and very funny. Quite an achievement! #booksky #booksky💙📚 #percivaleverett #thetrees
There’s always some fantastic street art to see in East London! After a really busy few weeks I’m spending a couple of days pottering round and starting to get excited about my upcoming trip to the US #streetart #eastlondon #summerinthecity #holidayplanning
Mevagissey is still a working fishing harbour but is postcard pretty! #mevagissey #cornwall #prettyasapicture
