My latest Substack post looks at a literary portrait of late-C19 New York - The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton. It reflects on what this novel teaches us about marriage, romance, age-old tensions between the US and Europe, and ways that the society we're born in can imprison us. Link in my bio. ✨️

My latest Substack post reflects on the sculptures of Alberto Giacometti. Link in my bio. ✨️

My latest Substack post reflects on the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude. The madly ambitious array of characters. Its use of comic imagery and supernatural phenomena. How it weaves together comedy, tragedy, and history to reveal forces that have shaped Latin American cultures. Link in my bio. ✨️

Reread a biography of Gabriel García Márquez over the weekend. This section still shocks me! Can you imagine?!

When you dissolve into sunlight and shadows. ✨️

In my latest Substack post, I reflect on one of my favourite novels - The Outsider by Albert Camus. Parts of it are as viciously lucid as Graham Greene's tour de force, Brighton Rock, and I love how it jolts us out of self-contented apathy and forces us to look at ourselves afresh. Link in my bio. ✨️

My latest Substack post reflects on the life and work of the iconic fashion designer Vivienne Westwood. Love the theatricality of her designs! And her journey from anarchic punk to rebellious darling of the British establishment is so fascinating. Link in my bio. ✨️

I post short pieces about literature and art on Substack every Wednesday. My latest reflects on one of the most iconic plays of the 20th century - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams. Link in my bio. ✨️

Decided to read Robert Graves's candid WWI memoir, Goodbye To All That. Such a lucid chronicle of the mundane horror of war! The poem is A Dead Boche, which was inspired by his experiences at the Battle of the Somme. My grandfather was injured during WWI. Always think of him at this time of year. 🕊❤️

I post short pieces about literature and art on Substack every Wednesday. The latest reflects on the artworks of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Link in my bio. ✨️

I post short pieces about literature and art on Substack every Wednesday. My latest reflects on Sylvia Plath's iconic novel, 'The Bell Jar'. Link in my bio. ✨️

I post short pieces about literature and art on Substack every Wednesday. The latest reflects on the fiercely lucid poetry of Sylvia Plath. Link in my bio. ✨️

I post short pieces about literature and art on Substack every Wednesday. This week, I reflect on the artworks of Edward Burne-Jones. Link in my bio. ✨️

Nigerian Modernism at Tate Modern #art www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oc...

I post short pieces about literature and art on Substack every Wednesday. They are quite eclectic! - reflections on the lives and work of iconic poets, novelists, artists, playwrights, and fashion designers etc. I also write about my own experience of working as a writer/artist. Link in my bio. ✨️

My short piece about Federico García Lorca and Salvador Dalí is now live on Substack. Their torturously complex friendship inspired some of Dalí's most avant-garde paintings, and transformed Lorca's poetry and plays. Link in my bio.

Just posted a new article on Substack! This week, I reflect on how Mary Shelley's wildly hubristic life shaped her iconic novel Frankenstein. Link in my bio. ✨️

Wrote a #poem.

Love helping out at the Studio Sunday children's art workshops @kettlesyard.bsky.social! We made 2D gallery visitors this week. ✨️

For the first time in years, I'm auditioning for a play next week! 😬

Wrote a poem. ✨️

My novel Something So Precious is set in the South of France and Cornwall. It's about a gifted writer whose world is turned upside down after her parents befriend an enigmatic artist. "A dazzling portrait of the arts and culture scene in the 90s. A compelling story of passion and self-discovery". ✨️

Loved visiting the gardens of the Alhambra when I was in Granada last month. So vibrant! 🌿❤️ #writerslife

Spent a few days in Granada doing some research for my new novel. The gardens of El Alhambra are so beautiful! 🌿🧡 #writerslife

I'm in Madrid! Lorca is the protagonist in my WIP, so I'm visiting his old haunts. The pics are of Teatro Español (where his play Yerma was performed) and Café Gijón (where hosts of writers used to meet). Next, I head to Granada - where he grew up, and was executed at the start of the Civil War.

Painted some flowers. 🌿❤️

Enjoying the research for my new novel, but it's pushing my language skills to the limit! Books I'm reading: a memoir by Salvador Dalí's sister (in French); essays about the volatile relationships between Dalí, Lorca, and Luis Buñuel (in Spanish); letters between Dalí and Lorca (in English). Fun! 🙃

Trinity College on a blissfully warm and sunny day. 🌿💛 #Cambridge

Love postgrads, but they're exhausting at times! You talk about the weather - they tell you about their PhD. You tell them about a great film you saw last night - they tell you about their PhD. You ask what they do to relax - they tell you about their PhD! 😆

Love walking through Pembroke College at night. ✨️ #Cambridge

Before the sun begins to fade. ✨️ #Cambridge

Drifting through the sunlight and the shadows 🌿💛. #Cambridge

At last! - feels like summer in #Cambridge today. 🌿💛

Flicking through some old sketches. #art

Still doing my #upcycling thing - made a planter with wood cut from a discarded bedframe. 🌿💛

Grew this one from seed - planting flowers in the garden. 🌿💛

Took a break from the writing to make a table with wood cut from a discarded futon base. 🙂 #writerslife #upcycling

A gentle breeze, sleepy willow trees, and bright sunlight reflecting off the River Cam. 🌿💛 #Cambridge

Blue skies at Trinity College. 🌿💙 #Cambridge

A genuine diva - cherry blossom at St. John's College. 🌿✨ #Cambridge

Spring has arrived! 🌿🤍 #Cambridge

Trinity College through the trees as the light begins to fade. 🌿💙 #Cambridge

Night walking. ✨️ #Cambridge

Love the majestic dome above the Barry Rooms at the National Gallery. ✨️ #London

Like something from a fairy tale - the entrance to Trinity College at night. ✨️ #Cambridge

Stepped outside to soak up the sunshine and enjoy the fresh air. 🌿✨️ #writerslife #Cambridge

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View of Trafalgar Square from the National Gallery - with Big Ben in the distance. ✨️

Wild cherry blossom in the garden - Spring must have arrived! 🌿🤍

Sunlight and shadows. ✨️ #kettlesyard