I'm Lesley, a freelance travel & leisure journalist. Until recently I was based in stunning South Africa,  but after a major rethink about the future prompted by the Covid lockdown, I've reinvented myself as an English teacher for adults and moved to Santiago in Chile! I'm absolutely loving it, and you can read why in my Chilean travel articles!
Here you'll also find some of my quirky, warped and opinionated ideas on life, love, cheesecake and everything else crucial for survival. If you want to follow me on Instagram, I'm on @lesley_stones
Have fun, and travel safely.

Cine Shorts

Disclosure Day: Classic Steven Spielberg with ET-like aliens meet Indianna Jones adventure. A tale of the good guys spilling the beans on decades of government cover-ups to finally reveal that we are not alone. Entertaining - yes. Believable - why the hell not?! ****

Michael: I skipped this for weeks for the movie's failure to address Michael Jackson's... creepier side. But everyone raved, so I went. It's good. It finishes when Jackson finally freed himself from his father's tyranny, which probably explains a lot about his life. The last 15 minutes are pretty much just a concert, but his nephew Jaafar is a spitting image.***

Toy Story 5: Wonderful escapism with the smart humour that has kept this franchise playing for years. This time the toys, including a balding, pot-bellied Woody, are battling against the dumbing down of playtime as screens replace imagination. Poignant and pertinent, giving parents a great opportunity to have timely conversations with their kids. *****