If anyone was hoping for better times in 2021, they will have been sorely disappointed with the first week of the new year. With Lockdown 3.0, Brexit and the teeny, tiny issue of a would-be coup on the US Capitol in the space of just seven days, there's not much to feel positive about just [...]
Sometimes you read something so good it makes you feel inadequate as a writer. Whether it's a really insightful article, an amazing piece of fiction or a new and original viewpoint on something that you would never have thought of yourself, there's just something about the turn of phrase, the fluidity of the writing or [...]
I have no words to start this block, except this: where did 2020 go? I'm looking at the word "October" as I write this and it's just hit me that it's well and truly the end of the year. Like many other people, I promised myself back in March that I would do more with [...]
It's worth saying now that I never envisioned myself living in London. What is for some people a city of excitement, possibility and inspiration has always been for me a source of anxiety and stress with all its crowds and dirt and busy-ness. In other words, I'm as shocked as anyone that I've been here [...]
As I write this, it's safe to say the rain has well and truly set in - happy autumn everybody! Whilst there's many things I don't like about a rainy October, one thing I do like is the chance to snuggle in to my little nest, listen to the rain on my skylight and settle [...]
I am on a mission with my reading. As anyone who reads blog will know, I am a staunch believer in the notion that you can't watch the movie/ TV show before you've read the book (although there have been some exceptions - I have never had the time nor the motivation to read A [...]
I don't normally write much about relationships on here, but I need an outlet so here we are. To cut a long and confusing story short, I got dumped on Monday and then dumped all over again by the same person on Wednesday. So yeah, it's been a week. It's not like I haven't had [...]
With everything that's been going on in the world recently, I, like many other people, wanted to educate myself on the issues of race and racism that are prevalent not just in the US but around the world. Against the backdrop of the Black Lives Matter movement, I chose to read Bernadine Evaristo's Girl, Woman, [...]
One of my favourite quotes from literature is from Toni Morrison's Beloved: "you are your best thing". It's an important reminder to love and cherish yourself, even in some of your darkest and most difficult times. And that's what today's short post is about. If the lockdown has taught me one thing, it's that sitting [...]
In the last couple of days, I've been listening to the radio, where people have been writing letters to explain the current pandemic and lockdown to their 10 year old selves. It's inspired me to reflect on what we've been through over the past few months, and how it's affected me personally. But instead of [...]
