Ellen Cheshire

The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry opened in 1997. When the fishing industry in the city...

Today is the last day working for a charity based in Colindale which saw me visiting North and North West London on occasion for work...

A teaching gig in Gerrards Cross and the desire to see Giffords Circus which at the time was pitched in Barrington, Oxfordshire saw me...

I had longed heard of Giffords Circus , and work gig that was (sort of) in the direction of their stint in Barrington, Oxfordshire gave...

Here's the 17th batch of #52FilmsByWomen watched since taking the pledge in 2016. This blog covers films and TV watched between March -...

The Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft in the East Sussex village of Ditchling has long been on my To Visit list. When I spotted that their...

A stint of cat sitting coincided with a special opening event of the Brighton Hippodrome, which is undergoing extensive restoration. I...

Circus Zyair set up their Big Top and accompanying bar in Oaklands Park, Chichester. Wending our way past the Chichester Festival Theatre...

On a wild and windy July day I took my pier themed handbag for a walk along the promenade at Bognor Regis, stopping for a drink at the former Pier Cinema and Pier Electric Theatre now Legends bar and Shieks Nightclub . We also passed by and admired the new (replacement) plaque dedicated to Tony Hancock outside the hotel where he stayed whilst filming Punch and Judy Man (1963). Bognor Regis Pier, Legends Bar and Shieks Nightclub The Royal Norfolk Hotel where Hancock staye

"I do like to be beside the seaside..." a perfect place, as this penny shuffle in Swanage Pier Amusement arcade calls it, for Jolly...

Continuing my chronicle of cinematic adventures in London on Wednesday 28 June... Having booked an afternoon guided walking tour, I was...

First of two posts from my busy day in London on Wednesday 28 June when I took part in two film and cinema related walking tours. By the...

On 1 July 2016 I took time out of Il Cinema Ritrovato film festival in Bologna to take in an amazing exhibition of Barbie dolls. Little...

Started a new film-watching challenge in June. June will now be a deep dive into an actor working across the 40s, 50s etc. I’m starting...

Four Films. Three Venues. Two Days. One hell of a weekend! Saturday morning I headed down the A27 to Southsea for The Frank Matcham...

When the circus pitches up at the end of your road it would be churlish not to go. And go I did for the first performance of its five day...

At only 22, satirist, editorial cartoonist, puppet maker and animator Zoom Rockman (unbelievably his real name) is celebrating his 10th...

I do love a circus, and Zippos Circus is one of the best… Here are a few snaps from my night at the circus at Montrose Park, Colindale on...

This week’s work trip to London saw me in my old stomping ground of Muswell Hill and East Finchley. Therefore, there was no need to ask...

There's plenty of evidence when you hit certain parts of Hampshire that you are entering Austenland. There are trails, tea shops and of...