For this month’s meeting, we had Liz Key talk to us about her career as an Opera Singer and the joys of performing. As Liz is also a Borough Belle member, she has written about her talk here. It was a joy to come and speak to the Belles at our monthly meeting, to talk … Continue reading
Blog post by Ellie Simes, Social Co-ordinator This Belle has crocheted before, but sadly never quite progressed to make anything of beauty or use. I was reminded of this when I went to dig out my crochet hook in preparation for the meeting and found it amongst a bag of small, discarded crocheted rectangles and … Continue reading
Blog post by Muireann Grealy, Borough Belles President It was heartening how many Belles braved the horrible weather for our AGM, to review all the great activities and achievements of the past year and make plans for the future. Sophie, our campaigns and communities officer, got us started with a run-down of all we got … Continue reading
How do you write a blog post about a BBWI meeting that was our very own comedy gig without feeling like it ought be a review or else giving away all her best material?!? Here’s my attempt at neither of those things… For our April meeting the Belles were lucky to convince Rosie Wilby to … Continue reading
Blog by Polly Heffer, Culture Club Secretary As the iPhone 3G adverts of 2009 used to tell us, ‘There’s an app for that’. Today, this is truer than ever. Recent statistics suggest that 90% of the time people spend on their mobiles is on apps. There are apps that count our steps and track our … Continue reading
Blog post by Sophie Backhouse, Campaigns Officer This month our Bankside home was transformed into a Bollywood stage set for one night only. All it took was some beautiful sari fabric and some (not-so)sticky tape, a great Bollywood soundtrack, some delicious treats on the snack table, a gaggle of enthusiastic Belles and a brilliant … Continue reading
Blog post by Johanna Wilson, Social Media Officer Goodbye 2016! It’s January and many of us have set new resolutions for what we want to achieve this year and are looking to try something a little bit different. It’s also the beginning of the Women’s Institute membership year, so what better than a skills swap, … Continue reading
