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Category Archives: Art
1950′s wife in Havana
1950s woman I don’t know what it is about my life right now but I feel like a 1950’s wife. Is it Cuba or is it being the wife of the director of the film school or a bit of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Children, Cuba, culture, Family, Film, Music
Tagged 1950´s, bicultural, bilingual, career, cuba, don draper, film school, Habana, high heels, intellectual life, Lucky strikes, lustful, Madmen, psychologists, reggaeton, sociologists, suffocating, the swing, tight dresses
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The Cook, the thief, his wife and her lover …….. in Cuba.
As I was thinking about writing this post, the Peter Greenaway film title that I stole for this post title kept playing around in my head all jumbled up and back to front. I think Peter Greenaway has visited the film … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Children, Cuba, culture, Family, Fashion, Film
Tagged big belly, Cayo Coco, Colonial Trinidad, cook, cuba, Cuban DJs, EICTV, Europe, film school, gossip, Havana, housekeeper, Kiev; Ukraine, La Habana, Maria la gorda, nanny, new air con, Peter Greenaway, Rhumba, Russian, Saskia, snoop, special period, the thief, Trinidad
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Gilles Peterson, the Bienal and the art of dancing
Rafa was in Venezuela signing some important film agreement and the Bienal was in full swing. The biggest art show in town, and its not just about art. There are some crazy performances, lots of good music, a few parties … Continue reading
Parties, Cadillacs, potatoes, Valentines ……and blogging
Yesterday was Valentines day. They call it the day of love here for anybody or anything. You can even say I love my cow. I actually prefer this to the sloppy fake romantic rubbish that has been marketed to us … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Children, Cuba, culture, Family, Film
Tagged blogging, Cotswolds, cottage pie, facebook, film school, Habana, Havana, Hemingway's House, immigrant mother- emigre-Guatemala- Antigua-Cuba-Lucy Jordan-Milan Kundera-The Unbearable LIghtness of Being-England-serendipity-mother tongue-exile-identity-culture-Cuba, Las Terrazas, Malecon, party, photos, potatoes, social research, steak, strawberry jam, tescos, Valentines day, vegetarian cuisine Cuba
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Family life, my first Havana Birthday and the first US official visit to the Film School
We have been here just over 6 months now and my family is settling into a new rhythm. I have just celebrated my first Birthday in Cuba, and for the first time in years, I didn’t organise anything, as being … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Children, Cuba, culture, Family, Guatemala
Tagged art, bilingual, CHief of Mission, cuba, drugs, EICTV, film school, French, Habana, Havana, James Bond, JEFF, John Caulfield, Latin America, Plaza de Cathedral, rugby in Cuba, US INterest Section, violence
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New Latin American Cinema ……… and me.
The dust is settling on yet another Latin American Film Festival. I am becoming a veteran of these events, which is rather strange for a person who has never made a film in her life, Latin or otherwise. I am … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Children, Cuba, culture, Family, Fashion, Film, Guatemala, Music, UK
Tagged British Guatemalan Co productionsFundacion del neuvo cine latin americano, British Mum in Cuba, EICTV, EL Nacional HOtel, Guadalajara film festival, Habana, Havana, Havana Film Festival, Icaro Film Festival, James Bone, serendipity or madness
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Converted to la Rumba in just one night!
As I have had a good friend in town I have had lots of excuses to be a tourist and party a little bit more than usual! Also the reason for my absence from the blogosphere. Last Friday we had … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cuba, culture, Music
Tagged Babalu, Central Havana, cuba, dance, Dancing; Santeria, FLores, Havana, La Habana, Palacio de la Rumba, rhythm, Santeria
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Life is surreal ……. but I like it
I sat in the auditorium of the Museo de Belles Artes last night listening to some great British actors delivering a beautiful collection of Pinter’s plays and poems finishing with his incredibly powerful acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Children, Cuba, culture, Family, Film, Guatemala, UK
Tagged CHines video installations, cuba, EU, Habana, half term, Havana Vieja, Hemmingway Museum, Institue of Modern Art, Museo de Belles Artes, Nigeria, Nobel Peace Prize for Literature, Pinter, Roger Lloyd Pack, surreal, UN, United Nations Day
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Our house, the party and the French lover who fled the country
Our first party in our wonderful house all went very well. Everyone from the film school helped me to make it a success. Maeda arrived with flowers to fill the house from San Antonio and then a team of caterers … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Children, Cuba, culture, Family, Film, Guatemala
Tagged 25 years, 99 military beach club, a little gem, AL Capone, barman, Caribbean, Casinos, coco loco, cuba, Cubanacan, EICTV, Fidel, film script, FLores, Francesita, French lover, Fulgencio Batista, Guatemala gangsters, Habana, Habana Club, JFK, Mafia, party, primer avenida, Protocol House of EICTV, tranquility
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Birthdays, Americans in Havana and no knickers!
Yesterday was Rafa’s 51st Birthday. We made a cake and the boys made him a very sweet card to be kept and treasured. Saskia still doesn’t really know what is going on but she loved the singing and the animals … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Children, Cuba, culture, Family, Film, Music, UK
Tagged Birthday cake, Birthday party welcome to new house, Blockade not Embargo, British AMbassador, broken families, cards, CIA backed terrorists, Coppola, Cuban terrorists, cultural cocktail, demonstrations, drugs companies, electronic billboard, FItflops, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Happy Birthday in 3 languages, Health issues, Helen Mirren, London riots, LUcas, material man, Naval Base, NOrthcote road, presents, propaganda, Redford, Spielberg, the Swiss, United States INterest Section in Havana, USINT, Vedado House
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