When a young acquaintance of mine recently admitted to purchasing Facebook likes in order to be deemed as a pretty girl at school, my heart sank. I’d heard a lot of stories from teacher friends of mine about the damaging impact that social media was having on teenagers mental health, but it wasn’t until this...Read More
The thing about opportunity is that you have to grab it while it’s there. Inspired by those closest to me, unfortunately through saddened events, the concept of opportunity is one that is heavily on my mind. Too often we live in the past or the future and very rarely in the moment that we are gifted...Read More
With social media at our fingertips wherever we go, it can seem strange that our online friends don’t always equate to real life relationships. As people move apart for various reasons and lose touch, many of us can start to feel isolated by the fact that we don’t have any real friends to simply hang out with. Nobody ever...Read More
I’ve just returned from one of the most memorable weekends with a group of friends. One of my nearest and dearest is about to get married and celebrating in true hen-do fashion: with lots of embarrassing dating stories from her past, too much alcohol and enough games and food to feed and entertain a large family...Read More
Shabby chic is a term that defines vintage, or antique. Its accessories, from suitcases to book cases, appear to tell individual stories through wear and tear in a soft and unthreatening tone. Beautiful and elegant, shabby chic is an easy to achieve look. Here are five examples of some DIY looks you can create yourself...Read More
“There are no happy endings; endings are the saddest part. So just give me a happy middle, and a very happy start.” – Shel Silverstein In life there are times when we have to say goodbye to people and places, and for the most part it’s a bittersweet send off. Memories have been made that...Read More
We can all hold our hands up and say that life is never perfect, and if it was we’d probably all be bored anyway. Because as Ronan Keating once sang, life is a roller coaster, and through all the good there is also the bad, the random, and the downright weird. Sometimes the things in...Read More
The inmates of Litchfield Penitentiary are back for a new season and if you haven’t binge watched the whole series on Netflix by now then you have some serious catching up to do! If you are new to Orange Is the New Black, the show centres around events of a women’s prison and is based on...Read More
Earlier this week after coming home from a long, hot day stuck in an office I relished in a cold drink. Hearing footsteps coming down my stairs I was unalarmed expecting a member of my family. Yet when I turned it was certainly not a family member. Unprepared and shell shocked I choked on my...Read More
Summer has finally arrived and, let’s face it, the last place you want to be when the weather is nice is stuck in an office. But we all have bills to pay so here at Semple we have put together our guide to making it through those muggy days when you are working 9 to 5!...Read More
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