Check out my new website – Vicky’s Big Adventure!

Finding my mother’s diaries and travel notebooks of her journeys, now published online as Travels with my Mother, inspired me to re-read my travel diary of my…

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European Grand Tour 3 – Florence

Fra' Angelico's masterpeice, Crucifixtion with the Saints, San Marco The last stop on our Grand tour is Florence, where our old university friend Debbie has lived since 1983! We only have…

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European Grand Tour 1 – Slovenia

Lake Bled The 'Boys' - four men in their late sixties - are off on their travels again. This time they are walking the Julian Trail in Slovenia. So two of us 'girls' decide to come along for…

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Great publicity in Closer magazine on the dangers of ketamine highlighting Louise’s story and the need for legal regulation. Important now that the government is talking about reclassifying to Class A which would be a disaster. @transformdrugs.bsky.social campaigns on! #ketamine #legalregulation

Happy Green Christmas from the Belsize community group - and me! Love what they do to our postboxes in Englands Lane #neighbourhood #community #englandslane

Yesterday at a family gathering we toasted Louise on her 35th birthday. It’s so hard to imagine what might have been - she’s still the same beloved memory to all of us. How we miss her. Here she is in some of her many guises last one with her adored big brother and childhood playmates. #lovealways

A stellar evening @ the Roundhouse last night celebrating Mark Lanegan, featuring an amazing lineup including Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age) , Dave Gahan (Depeche Mode), Chrissie Hynde, Bobby Gillespie (Primal Scream), Greg Dulli (Afthan Whigs and other bands) and Alison Mosshart (The Kills)

Great night celebrating the excellence of Black teachers & educators at the #FutureEdAwards thanks to hosts allyship colleague Viv Ahmun & Courtney Brown from Transform Board. Lined up w me & Ross are Viv Ahmun & Jermain Jackman, winner of the Voice in 2014. Every nominee is a winner!. #futureed

Yesterday we said farewell to Princess Pickle. She was Louise’s cat & the renewed bereavement is hard. Feisty characterful and loving. I like to think of her and Louise’s spirits mingling & reunited somewhere. Their memories remain bound forever. Go well warrior Princess. Rest in power.

My first post here celebrates a constructive strategy day for Transform Drug Policy Foundation discussing how to make drugs safe and save lives. Oh and legally regulate cannabis. Join the movement via our website. #cannabis #transformdugs