What a week!

Apologies for the lack of blogging but I have been out and about! Three nights in a row! So, Wednesday was 'Something about Food' in the basement of a bar near Bethnall Green. Organised by a frind from my MA course, this was a sereis of talks about food (&drink), and it was very interesting. Up first was a representative from Brewdogs talking about their craft beer revolution - incredibly passionate about what he does but apt to be rather dismissive of every other beer out there. Second, a phd student from Oxford talking about invittro meat production, and yes, she got some tough questions afterwards and her presentation wasn't helped by the fact that her laptop/projection wouldn't work - but it was incredible to think that, potentially, in five years time meat could be produced from inside a lab, and this could be the answer to the amount of people the world will need to feed in the future... And third, and probably the best spokesperson was a representative from SquareMile Coffee who was very knowledgable about the coffee industry and coffee culture- rather than bashing about his own product. Amazing info, including the fact that Fairtrade products only apply to copoperatives... And so, excellent night number one.

Thursday evening was Flea Circus - an assortment of talenten people put together by Mr Nippet's friend George Lewkowicz - and was a good mix of poetry, fiction, comedy, sketch, music and so on. They also showed the film that they entered for the 48 hour film competition (and won Best Director, Best Acting and Audience Choice) - view here.

And last night, Mr Nutkin and I, after a lovely walk along the Thames, went north to Little Venice based above-pub theatre the Canal Cafe Theatre, for News Revue. Apparently the longest running show in the UK - because it Never Stops! It's a brilliant comedy sketch show that is constantly updated - weekly, daily, and performed by an amazing energetic cast!

And with that, I am planning a very lazy weekend, enjoying the sunshine, and baking bread.