Gong Xi Fa Cai!

The Chinese New Year kicks off today, with the Year of the Pig giving way to the Year of the Rat. We celebrated yesterday with Sean from Neocha, the Shanghai based company which has designed our logo. Sean’s in the UK for a few days and we couldn’t resist a dumpling lunch in London’s Chinatown. The streets looked stunning with all the red lanterns strung across them. We stopped outside one of the restaurants to buy some dragon beard sweets – Natasha will be showing them to young people at Caister High School today, where we’re continuing our 100 Words workshop programme (it’s week five out of six). This year, there are more events than ever celebrating the start of the Chinese New Year, and we’re hoping to catch films, performances and lion dances over the next few days.