Christmas always seems such a busy time of year. We are present-buying, gift-wrapping, food-ordering and house-decorating, whilst still making time to see friends and family. We make a conscious effort to ensure we see everyone – whether it’s to drop a card round or toast to the festive season. Christmas Day itself is often spent...Read More
From pre-school friendships to the close bonds we form at university or the work colleagues we soon come to view as good friends, it is the people in our lives who really make up the very essence of what it’s all about. We are not told of the importance of these friendships growing up. We...Read More
Some of you might remember that a few years ago I wrote a letter to my future daughter. Well today I was thinking about how often we see pieces of writing like this amongst women, yet there is little addressed to our sons. Journals and life lessons written for her, for one day, imparting our...Read More
One in six women who fall pregnant will suffer a miscarriage up to 24 weeks and one in 100 will endure traumatic recurrent infant loss. Yet despite the frequency, miscarriage is still very much a taboo subject. Shrouded in silence and even shame; women are left alone with the emptiness, unable to feel they can voice...Read More
During our school days, it seemed so much easier to make – and keep – friends. Perhaps it’s our simple outlook or lack of worries and jealously. While we may have fallen out with one another during break time because we didn’t share our chocolate brownie, we would always make up by the time lunch...Read More
Sentimentality is such an evocative feeling and yet, I don’t think we truly experience it until we grow older. As children, we often lack the empathy to really appreciate memories and belongings – we may miss our favourite forgotten toy but it rarely goes deeper than a few tears before we become attached to another...Read More
As soon as June hits we officially enter what is known in bridal terms as Wedding Season. The UK goes into a frenzy of wedding overload that lasts right through until September. It’s all bridal shows and cake tastings, endless glasses of bubbly and trying on dresses. There’s picking the perfect posies, choosing which of...Read More
This week I stumbled across a series of photographs by Maud Fernhout tackling the issues that men face expressing emotion and the shame women feel for their laughter – being beautifully shot and accompanied by the words of each subject, it successfully presents the issue in a way that cannot be ignored and deserve to...Read More
Loved by the nation, ITV2’s Love Island concluded on the 11th July with an astonishing 1.35 million viewers; more than twice the figures of last year. From fiery disputes to passion-filled nights in the hot villa, it’s safe to say that Love Island provided the nation with jaw dropping drama throughout. So here’s 5 do’s...Read More
It’s no secret that men and women are treated differently in the dating scene – men are labelled as studs, whereas women are seen as sluts. For some reason our gender is a major factor in determining how our behaviour is perceived and it’s never more apparent that in Hollywood, where male stars are wealthy...Read More
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