Helen Sharman is a British chemist and astronaut who became the first British person, first Western European woman and first privately funded woman travel to space, as well as the first woman to visit the Mir space station in 1991. She travelled on a Soyuz spacecraft and spend eight days orbiting the Earth, living and…… Continue reading Astro Girl: Helen Sharman
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Welcome summer?
“One swallow does not make a summer.” Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics Greek critic, philosopher, physicist, & zoologist (384 BC – 322 BC)
Urbanation: words from the streets
“Wattagwaan” or “wha gwan” is patois ( Jamaican slang) for ‘what’s going on?’ or ‘whats up!’
Waiting for a bus – 210 from Archway to Finsbury Park
On a very cold but sunny London day, when nothing works particularly well the 210 bus took longer than usual to arrive. Passenger were patient, pacing blowing into their gloves, smoking… Anything to not feel the freeze. It wasn’t the right time to start making a painting with a forefinger. Winter in the UK, though…… Continue reading Waiting for a bus – 210 from Archway to Finsbury Park
The Illustrationist 