"People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us." I don't suppose...

We've all been there - watching somebody with disdain as they flounce about on their high horse. How's this for a plot twist, though:...

Tomorrow is a new day. You can wake up and be miserable, or you can wake up and seize the opportunity. The choice is yours. You are...

Yesterday marked one year since the start of a '3 week' lockdown here in the UK. As of today, 28,653,523 people across our four nations...

I recently finished reading A Bit of a Stretch, the startling memoir by BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Chris Atkins. I liked the look of the...

In the future I'd quite like to be the proud owner of several poetry collections. I think it'd be pretty cool. In fact, I've already...

Do you know your neighbours? One of the strangest paradoxes about living in a city is that you're surrounded by millions of people and...

This is a post about love. There are no violins, no scarlet roses or Hallmark cards adorned with teddy bears or swelling hearts, just...

There are many cool things about being an adult. When I was a teenager, I looked forward to getting older - not old old, not mouths to...

I post quite a lot about self-reflection and growth. Essentially I'm just a massive fan of mirrors and plants. Recently, our lives have...

I remember confetti and peals of drunken laughter as we grabbed each other and embraced, skittish and sweaty, overwhelmed at the prospect...

Navigating your twenties sure ain’t easy. I mean, it’s such a weird period of your life. Exciting, yes, spontaneous, very much so, but...

The idea for this blog post came to me quite suddenly. I've been reading An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green (great book,...

It's Week 13 of lockdown here in the UK. Of course, circumstances have changed somewhat - some shops have opened up, you've got to wear a...

Ahh, social media. Some may say it's a portal through which we are given the opportunity to reinvent ourselves, to present to the world...

Hi everyone, I hope you are all doing well. I really wanted to address what has been going on recently concerning the BLM movement. I...

Jo is a woman in love with Lyle Peters. Today she is a guest at his wedding. Jo takes another draw of her cigarette and blows the smoke...

Hey guys, I hope you are all having a decent week! Seven days ago I challenged myself to write a little something once per day for a...

Let me start by saying that this is my first blog post of 2020 and of the new decade. The sun is shining, I'm 25 and thrivin' but...I'm...

It's Monday morning and I'm having an existential crisis. Ok, it's not an existential crisis per se, it's more like an overwhelming...

Having started a few new jobs recently, I've been feeling the effects of being a little fish in a big pond. That is to say I've been more...

I know you've probably read the title of this post and gone 'what even?' Reading it back, it does sound a bit wild. But let me explain. ...

‘There is nothing to writing,’ Ernest Hemingway once said. ‘All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.’ I have to say, Ernest...

Ahh, autumn. What a beautiful time of year. The leaves turn a multitude of fiery colours, the nights start drawing in, fireworks light up...

Fewer things are nicer than a man who smells good. A man that smells good is nice, but a nice man who smells good is even better. A nice...

Have you ever been scared? I don’t mean the leaping of your chest at seeing the fat, hairy spider behind your chest of drawers. Or the...

Good day to you, sister. HA. This ain't a fucking good day, this is a fucking awful day. (N.B. I'm currently crying and raging...

I know it's a tad late but...Happy New Year! I hope everyone has been enjoying the worst month of the year but hey, there is still much...

Hey guys, So last year I decided to take part in a challenge. Ok, it wasn't really a challenge so to speak, but the act of writing down...

Hello again! I'm assuming you have already read the unfinished novel I posted prior to this and now you're back for more. Which is great!...

Well, hello there! It seems you have stumbled upon a little room inside of my head. Don't worry, it's not as weird as you think; I can't...

As an English Literature student, quotes and deep meaningful conversations make up a fairly substantial part of my life. I love it - I...

I was asked to name a place To which I go when I feel sad Nothing sprang to mind Except for a place to which I go when I feel ...

Recently a friend and I were taking about relationships, which we do often as a) she has a boyfriend of two years and is a great source...

Men are like zits, the big juicy ones. One will show up uninvited and you're like, "really? REALLY?" but actually you can't wait to...

There’s something very intimate about a sunset. Rays of light cast a divine glow across the world, causing even the ugliest things to...

There's something beautiful about London in the rain What it is I cannot say But grey can be a beautiful colour too And what is more...

Into the Wild (2007) is an independent biographical drama, directed by Sean Penn and adapted from a book of the same name. The book,...

I was looking for a romantic comedy to watch the other day and stumbled upon How To Be Single, which I assumed would be a little less...

The other day I watched What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? (1993) as I had heard good things, particularly where Leonardo DiCaprio’s acting was...

Thea Sharrock’s film adaptation of the thought-provoking and heart wrenching novel Me Before You, written by Jojo Moyes, had me giggling,...

Recently A match was struck A flame lit up my insides And illuminated my mind. They'd rather see me suffocate, Choke on my own smoke...

Hold on…you’re telling me that I have been alive for 21 years?! Quite frankly, this fact baffles me. When certain friends tell me that...

She was perfect Content The others looked on in wonder Four of them barren, large and clumsy Four of them flustered, puny and...

'Guilty' was the verdict She had anticipated that answer since the beginning of this treacherous ordeal Tears of agony sprang to her eyes...