Was Bunking Off History Class a Historical Act?

Who is your favorite historical figure? If you’re here for a thoughtful tribute to a powerful historical figure… I’m afraid I’ve let the team down. Again. Just like I did every Thursday morning in Year 9 when I ‘accidentally’ forgot my history book and spent the lesson trying to fashion a pillow out of my […]

Anthony: The boy, the myth, the Lynx Africa.

Write about your first crush. Let’s get one thing straight here, I don’t actually remember my real first crush. Not properly. Which says a lot. Either it was tragically uneventful, or my brain binned it along with my shell suit and any dignity I had between the ages of 11 and 17. But for the […]

A Place the Maps Forgot

What countries do you want to visit? I want to go somewhere the sun never clocks off. Where the sea is a mirror for the sky, glass-flat, endless, and so blue it borders on smug. The sand is soft and golden, warm like a just-used towel, and so fine it squeaks under your heels. There […]

The Quietest Part of Me Is the Strongest

What’s your favorite thing about yourself? It’s that I believe in myself. Not in a loud, chest-thumping kind of way. It’s not about being the most confident in the room or always knowing the right thing to say. It’s the kind of belief that stays when no one’s looking. When I’m sidelined at work. When […]

Retirement Plan: Chaos, Tea, and No Emails

How do you want to retire? I want to retire without any bitterness in my bones. That’s it, really. Not with resentment curdled under my skin from all the times I swallowed my feelings, smoothed over the edges, said “it’s fine” when it absolutely wasn’t. I want to retire with a body that’s maybe knackered […]

The Silent Keeper of My Unseen Self

What’s the oldest thing you own that you still use daily? 🪞The Mirror The oldest thing I use every day is a mirror. It’s not fancy, there is no ornate frame, no antique charm. Just a plain old mirror that’s been in the background for as long as I can remember. It lived on the […]

I Broke The Cycle

Describe one of your favorite moments. What, like in a dream job I never landed, a wedding I never had, or the perfect first-home key handover that never happened? Yeah, none of those. I used to avoid answering this kind of question because it feels like it assumes everyone’s been handed a string of milestone […]

The Day I Moved Myself Forward

What notable things happened today? I moved my blog. Not because I had a stroke of luck, or because the stars told me to (though I did skim my horoscope this morning with one eye open and half a coffee down me). But because I finally stopped waiting for the right time. I stopped expecting […]