It’s almost everywhere you look Fit-Inspiration or Fitspo. It’s that barrage of motivational memes with that slight nastiness about them. It’s those ‘miracles‘ shakes, wonder pills, apps for tracking calories, detox teas, and so-called ‘influencers’ showing us how wonderful life […]
Resurrecting my long-forgotten blog is cathartic. I enjoy writing and find solace and satisfaction in getting thoughts out of my head and onto paper or screen, as the case may be in 2024. Writing used to be how I quietened […]
Social media and our now digitally saturated lives mean the core of journalism has been forever altered, and largely for the worst I believe. We expect news updates fast, and will tolerate articles packed with he said, she said while accuracy falls […]
I love a good TED Talk; there’s something almost magical about finding one that feels like it speaks solely to you and no one else. Often in life, I feel like a creative genius with no form of creative outlet […]
I've been reading and rereading the same letter on and off for almost a year now, it's neatly folded up and tucked away in my desk drawer and each time I open the drawer I find myself reading it again. Mum found the letter at home, tucked away safely with all my teenage treasures, clearly I'd always planned on keeping it.
Our literal thirst for water has turned bottled water into a rapidly growing, lucrative market. Like selling ice to Eskimos, many of us buy water when we have it on tap at home. Undoubtedly one of the greatest marketing achievements, […]
I’ve come across some weird and wonderful people over the years. So much so that I often wonder if my life isn’t really just a Truman Show-style experiment. I’ve come across far too many characters for it to be a […]
Bullying nowadays takes on many shapes and forms, it’s no longer just the kids taunting one another on the playground at school. Bullies come in many shapes and forms, there workplace bullies, cyber bullies, women bullying other women, bosses bully […]
Of course you�re familiar with the TV sit-com Friends, it was one of the most popular television sit-coms of its time running for 10 seasons and since the final episode aired in 2004 the series has aired again and again […]
At the age of 7 or 8 the prospect of leaping around an old hall, picking invisible flowers from an equally invisible vine and then scattering them about seemed beyond strange to me. Ballet lessons for little girls weren�t what […]
I’ve always been of the opinion that the shape and proportions of a mannequin are much like that of Barbie, lovely to look at but �at the same time totally unrealistic. I guessing being shorter than most mannequins means I’ve […]
Awesome is in the eye of the beholder. Everyone measures or recognises awesome differently; however, when you boil it down, awesome tends to comprise the same core traits. Popularity aside, awesome is something we all want to be. We want […]