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Category Archives: UK
Miscellaneous musings … Union Jacks, Traffic, the Havana film festival.
I know that the Union Jack has a kind of iconic fashion status like the stars and stripes of the US, and the well merchandised Cuban flag along with Che, however the recent appearance of fashion items boasting the Union … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Cuba, culture, Family, UK
Tagged British Directors, cars pouring in, cuba, Havana, Havana Film Festival, La Habana, road movie, traffic, trilingual world, Union Jack crazy
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A life less ordinary …..
I have been back just over a week from the UK and feeling as though I am just getting back into my routine, but also at the same time realising that there is no routine. That is the best thing … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Cuba, culture, Fashion, Film, Music, UK
Tagged AUtumn, Bisto, Cuban DJs, Deja Vu, DJ, Jamainitas, lots of people, margerita, motherland, Musicians of Bremen, no routine, party, second hand shops, SPitalfields market, Uniqlo, Virgin, WIchy de Vedado
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One year in Cuba …. the best telenovela!
I missed my one year anniversary here in Cuba. It was August 14th when we arrived last year so I am summing things up a little late, partly due to not having much time to get on line; and also … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Cuba, culture, Family, Film, UK
Tagged African, anniversay, Bitter Sweet, Bolt, British, cuba, Cuban Accents, Cuban story, diplomats, DOlce and Gabana, Fidel and Che, film makers, FIlm School. EICTV, French, Grandma and Granma, Havana, INternational Public Relations, Jamaica, Mayda, official role, Olympics, reggaeton, students, teachers, telnovela
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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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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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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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England ……..looking backwards
It is always tricky dipping back into England every year but this year it was particularly hard. We were homeless, in limbo and I think we all felt disconnected and confused. I always go for a month but by 3 … Continue reading
Posted in Children, culture, Family, UK
Tagged bath plugs, Broadway tower, car parts, CBeebeies, Cotswolds, DevonAmy Winehouse, EL Che, England, English seaside, family, Fish and chips, France, Fruit Shoots, Gatwick, Guatemalan, holiday, Huyla Hoops, jetlagged, JOhn Lewis, Ketchup, London, parenting, riots, Salisbury Cathedral, sausage rolls, swimming, trial, UK, USB internet
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Arrived in Cuba and dialing up my internet!
I bet you have all forgotten what that sounds like. I have to admit to feeling very nostalgic when I heard that old familiar noise. Sorry for my absence from the blogsphere but the last few weeks have been a … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Cuba, culture, Family, Guatemala, UK, Uncategorized
Tagged Amy WInehouse, blogging, British Society, cuba, dial up, England, food, friendly Cubans, girlfriends, Habana, honeymoon, riots, tropical juices
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Global Mum
We finally moved out of Guatemala, and are on our way to Cuba via the UK. So much has happened in the last few days that I don´t know how to coherently write it all down but feel I must … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Cuba, Family, Film, Guatemala, UK
Tagged Antigua Guatemala, Casacomal, communications, Cotswolds, cuba, flowers, gardens, Habana, jetlag, recycling, USB, Virgin Atlantic
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The Toaster
We have moved out of our house and our things have left in a big truck headed for Cuba but not without some interesting issues along the way. One of which, I would like to share here as maybe it … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Cuba, culture, Family, Guatemala, Music, UK, Uncategorized
Tagged British, comal, cuba, Guatemala, Harry Potter, humble, kitchen appliance, Paul YOung, princess, Streetband, Toast, toaster, tortillas, UK
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