This year’s London Short Film Festival saw various filmmakers and curators pull from archives, as well as create and recreate them. In this, they formed a conceptually charged relationship with ‘the archive’ across the program that was neither predictable or heavy-handed.
Some memories of taking the train from my home in the north of France to Switzerland to Italy and back, travelling with my bunny Enzo. ♥️
In the exhibition, the final work (or first, depending which way you turn), by Hughes, depicts a beautiful eye with a single teardrop: it abandons hope for sadness. You would cry, too, if it happened to you.
I took the train from France to Italy to spend Christmas in Pisa end of last year, sitting some cats, walking the medieval streets, drinking aperol. Pisa, as a place, never really existed in my mind, although always existed in my mind. And, when I was there, you hardly saw a tourist in the centre, although they were there in hoards, getting their cute snaps at the Leaning Tower of Pisa. The town was small, charming, walkable and, ah, so much delicious affordable Italian cuisine. & a great base for exploring Tuscany or taking the train to Florence (more videos to come on this).
Another little travel vlog, this time from Bruges, which is only an hour away from my new home in Lille, France. I fell in love with this city the way I assume people fall in love with places like Amsterdam. The water, the lights, the warm, cosy vibes. Like a little wholesome autumn dollhouse. Ah. I can’t wait to go back with someone who can drink beer and eat waffles so I can watch them enjoy that side of it. But, for now, here’s me exploring this little Belgium town lost inside my head (conveniently edited to look like one day, but it was a 2 night trip, dw).
While their origin story harks back to 2015, the Sausage Factory opened as a Dulwich Hill-based restaurant in 2017. Most of the time, it’s not the bricks and mortar that makes a restaurant an iconic feature of a neighbourhood, but its people.
Such was the case for Sausage Factory, an inner west ‘Snaggery and Brewery’ with a devoted patronage. Its legacy won’t ever die, even after co-owners Chrissy Flanagan and Jim Flanagan part ways and close their restaurant on 17 December.