{quotable thursdays}

It's voting day here, and I've just come back from voting. There is something thrilling putting an x next to a party, knowing you've exercised your democratic right to have a voice. A voice determining  the future of the country you live in and what party you feel matches your values the best.
...and as a woman, I am reminded every time I vote of the many women and men who stood up for our gender to provide us with that right.

{use your vote}

As I walked to the polling station at a local school, I passed the beautiful almshouses of Leighton Buzzard, once placed there by the wealthy to help the poor and the needy.

{almshouses of leighton buzzard. for more pics and the yearly ritual attached to them, see my post on insta}

In the 17th century, when these were built, the poor had to rely on a select few wealthy people who were willing enough to offer some money for philanthropy. In 2017, my hopes are for a society who believes in a government who will protect the weak and the needy.
Whatever party you're voting for, make sure you use your democratic right--go out and vote!
L

{quotable thursdays}

This will be brief and frantic because I'm having one of the busiest weeks of my life...
Today is the EU referendum. Use your right to vote! I feel so happy to have the right to vote and to have a say in the future of the country I live in:

{everybody should have the right to vote}

Tomorrow, I have to leave the house at a very very very early hour to head into London and do some filming at the V&A for our new third level module, before it opens to the public:

{on etsy}

{lights, camera, action}

From there, I'm running to an exam board in Milton Keynes, and then from there, running to my cousins in Essex. It'll be a day on trains, in meetings, in front of a camera, and I guarantee a high degree of stress.
Must get back to practising my script!
xo
L