SHORT FILM, I acted in, got screened #DecadeAgoToday. Since 2018, THE DOOR has been part of movie, LONDON UNPLUGGED. Film festival #ECIFF is back at same location on Friday 21 November. LOTS of films will be shown, awarded and commented on! Networking and hospitality inc. Only £15 FilmEarlsCourt.com

VERY IMPRESSED with wide-ranging age groups participating in the AAF: established artists; graduates + children. Also, the fact that FIVE Seoul galleries (ArtIACO.com + Gallery Cube Seoul [both pictured], Gallery Millcreek, GalleryTableau.com + MookjiArt.com) had travelled all the way from Korea!

Oct 11, Sat, 11-6 > Oct 12, Sun, 11-6
SOUTHFIELDS - LAST WEEKEND for this year's ARTISTS' OPEN HOUSE with 29 VENUES (inc. my FAVOURITE: Rosi's MIXED MEDIA at 253 Wimbledon Park Road, SW19)
B: 39, 493
W: ArtistsOpenHouse.co.uk
facebook.com/wandsworthartistsopenhouse2023
instagram.com/rosigarciadelrio

SWELTERING in London! AI generated image of surreal, humorous ice cream cone with scoop shaped like human head of screen actor, Phelim Kelly, topped with caramel sauce and styled to look like his hair. Surface scattered with colourful sprinkles. Warmly lit, softly blurred. #ThirtyOneDegrees #ChatGPT

In Belfast, lunch did unfold
With stories & handshakes so bold
No spuds on plate
Yet chicken was great
And venue was grand to behold.

Three dozen fine tables held fast
With moments & meetings that last
Noticed another named Kelly
Filled with food in my belly
Though absence of spuds left me aghast!

CELEBRATION of mostly European wines... A Hungarian bottle possibly outshines my Spanish, Portuguese and Argentinian favourites! Will your next toast be with artistic Campo Viejo, sweetness of Oremus, charm of Porta 6, vibrance of Tarima, tasty Terra Sagrada or New World sophistication of Trivento?

ANNUAL GATHERING at House of Lords for alumni from University of West London. Was called Thames Valley University, when I attended back in 1990s! Just heard our Ealing based institution, rising year-on-year within academic league tables, will soon have a new medical school as well as a dental school

LONDON CELEBRATES ST. PATRICK's DAY... The Irish spirit shone brightly at the Embassy of Ireland recently. A warm Gaelic welcome greeted guests whilst hosts raised toasts to Ireland’s heritage. Amidst the revelry, a sharply dressed gentleman, shamrock on his chest, savoured the tribute to tradition.

BOOK GIFTS spanning genres - poetry, travel, puzzles, self-help, tech! HEANEY offers reflections, while AI anticipates how tech redefines existence. CRUISING and CAMINO both cater to my enthusiasm for travel. GEOGRAPHICAL adds twists, inviting me to challenges, while IKIGAI emphasizes life's purpose

HARD TO BELIEVE it was over a #DecadeAgoToday!

LONDON HOUR, ON THE HILL... At 6pm, last Bank Holiday Monday I entered another dimension! Namely, the last day of the 2024 Notting Hill Carnival, taking place near to where I lived in the mid to late eighties. But just for an hour, as being a teacher I had a couple of lessons to attend in Pimlico.

SPOTLIGHT, yesterday... I did voiceover narration course, which included voice exercises and attendees doing individual recordings, whilst seated, in venue's soundbooth. Interesting, educational and fruitful! Photo reveals location (home of castings): 16 Garrick Street PLUS my nearly-finished latte!