Hopefully, your Easter holiday wrapped you in a warm blanket of chocolate and relaxation. Something tells me the airport staff didn't fare quite so well.
Museum staff also copped the brunt of the school holiday stress syndrome. In a bid to unleash the tourist within, I braved the V&A Museum, the Science Museum, the overpriced choccy mountains at Harrods (would you mortgage your house for a diamond studded Easter egg?) and Regent's Park. Now I know where they hide the pint sized, demanding little Londoners. It's the best contraception possible. I've been put of children for life.
The Darwin Centre at the National History Museum is a place to seek respite and to ogle a giant squid. I strongly recommend you head down there to marvel at tiny little animal carcasses preserved in glass jars. The flesh-eating beetles are also a sight. I'll steer clear of the battered calamari rings from now on though - I don't want that giant squid's papa hunting me down for revenge.
Speaking of flesh, 'Bodies - The Exhibition' is in town. Wait for it science junkies... this one's a corker! More preserved bodies than you can poke a stethoscope at. I'm talking actual full-body specimens and organs here gents. I had problems stomaching the giant squid... this one's bound to be interesting. I'll be heading down to the Earls Court Exhibition Centre on Sunday - full gory reports to come.
Maybe it will help motivate me for my post Easter gym assault. Maybe Britain has found the solution to the obesity problem; introduce inner organ gore and scare the living hell out of the wobbly masses.
Tonight I'm off to see 'Trainspotting'. It's playing at the Hackney Empire until April 22nd so be quick or you'll miss out on sex, drugs and all things nasty on stage. I chatted to cast members Laura Harvey, Peter Milne and Ruaraidh Murray last week. They're a talented group of actors who told me it's a moving play that will stay with you long after the curtain drops. I'll let you know the verdict tomorrow.
It's a weekend full of gore and grime - just what the doctor didn't order. I can't wait.
Can't wait to see the bodies thing, apparently they show you smoker's lungs. Wonder if they show passive smokers lungs coz I'm sure I've suffered at the mercy of my ciggy smoking friends before, grrrrr. Makes you think though, I gotta see that exhibition myself, take lots of pics!!
Posted by: princessbex | 20/04/2006 at 05:22 PM