The tree for me

S for Sajarina! We were in Epping Forest again, enjoying the sunny loveliness. Graffiti on trees seems bizarre to me (spraycans that is, when it’s carved it’s retro, even romantic, like in Robin Hood) Why would you want to tag a tree?

Geff Geffty-Geffrye

Hope y’all appreciate the Izzard reference. Has anyone seen him recently? Is he still funny? I still heart him lots but Bill Bailey has been my comedy hero for some time now, especially after I managed to persuade his agent to get him to do this.
Anyway! I was going to say a little bit about [...]

Animals on the Underground

Right, normal Sajarina service is resuming after the election debacle.
I saw this poster for IFAW at Leytonstone station just after a colleague had alerted me to the existence of Animals on the Underground, where you can see a whole menagerie of tube creatures.
The moorhen is my favourite. But then I have a bit of a [...]

Leytonstone Lady

Following a brief reconnaissance mission at the weekend, I will shortly be shifting Sajarina HQ a few miles further East to Leytonstone. Admittedly, I did visit on an almost criminally nice day, and spent a while enjoying the sunshine among the graves and bluebells (frigging bluebells!) in the churchyard of St John the Baptist, which [...]

See how I resist making a Duran Duran reference?

Iron-willed, that’s me. Because last weekend I paid a visit to the rather gorgeous Dalston Rio Cinema, to watch It Always Rains On Sunday, which was showing as part of the East End Film Festival. It was one of their ‘Silver Screen’ matinees, which are free for the over 60s and include tea and cake [...]

East End Film Festival 17 - 24 April

The East End Film Festival is nearly upon us, and it looks cracking, by the way. Now I’m just trying to figure out if I can see three films in three different cinemas in one afternoon… I particularly want to see an Ealing drama called It Always Rains On A Sunday*, not least because there’s [...]