I would claim that I binged on Love Is Blind because of the Coronavirus lockdown, but if I’m being completely honest, I’ve never needed a global pandemic as an excuse to consume episode after worthless episode of whatever candyfloss viewing Netflix has churned out. I resisted watching the show for all of three days, but once my timeline was flooded…
People keep saying things to me like ‘can’t wait to go out when is over’ as if it’s expected that we are all super excited about socialising again. We must surely all be desperate to get to that overcrowded bar with friends we’ve been avoiding for ages? No, I’m kidding - normalcy is an exciting prospect, but it seems we’re…
Once upon a time, in the not-so-distant-past, print magazines were thriving in the media industry and were the be-all and end-all of everything current in the world. When I was about 12, I used to read Sneak obsessively, it was the pinnacle of print media for me and social media wasn't a major phenomenon like it is today. I found…
There’s been an eerie stillness, a timeless nudge somewhat, that has prompted me to write once more. Usually. I am focused on who I am writing to, who I am writing as, and in what person; very much like I do when I give my talks on focusing our lens, our vision, on a story, as though we’re looking through a metaphorical…
People of the UK, your country needs you. Your country needs your help. Never before, in most of your lives, has your country required so much of you. You see, we are at war. The enemy is invisible. The enemy is unlike any other we have seen before so we don't know which weapons we can use to defeat it.…
“Only the old and weak will be affected” “Only a tiny percent of the population will die from it” “Vulnerable and old can just stay in, we can carry on going out” “It won’t affect me” “But I need to work to pay the bills” Just a small selection of things I have read on social media today alone. As…
Stay Home. Protect the NHS. Save Lives. This is what the UK Government are urging the public to do. This is hard, especially when I’m classed as a key worker, as I work for the much loved NHS. I still have to and must attend work so sick patients can be seen. Now for me the hardest thing…
The majority of media representation around the Coronavirus is death, doom and gloom - but it needn't be a time of scaremongering. As communities rally together, and Italian residents host discos on their balconies, there are things we can do for self-enhancement. Learn a new skill It's said that you should find three hobbies in life; one to make you…
It’s international women’s day and usually I put so much thought into posting something inspiring but today I have another woman related topic I want to talk about, so as far as IWD goes, my mum is my idol, my daughter is my hero and I am in awe of women everywhere, what we represent as a whole and my…
The moment I heard On 4th March 2019 I was in Rio celebrating my Dads 60th birthday, we were sitting together having breakfast at Copacabana beach when one of my family shouted over and said “Vic – Keith Flint’s been found dead”. My stomach sank and I instantly got a lump in my throat like when you lose someone that…