The great distraction. The preserver of health. For decades, centuries even, sports have been a constant.
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Watching and waiting: Milan from my window
I don’t want to describe my experience from the point of view of things you see on the news.
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Going beyond the “Januhairy” movement: Wave your arms in the air, if you’ve got underarm hair!
If the ‘Januhairy’ movement is to succeed, it must go beyond the first month of the year.
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A is Not for Ally: Spare a Thought for Invisible Identities this Pride Month
So what am I asking when I ask you to spare a thought for invisible identities? Well, exactly that: acknowledge us. We finally have words to describe age-old concepts, and the means to educate ourselves on them.
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Coffee lovers and the environment
I will admit to consuming about two cups of coffee a day. It is great for the fatigue but overall it is detrimental to my bank account and terrible for the environment. The Environmental Audit Committee estimated that we throw away 2.5 billion coffee cups every year but less than 1 in 400 are actually…
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The cost of street style
When going out with the old and in with the new, we should remember where our street style is really coming from.
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‘My GP sent me to a Reiki healer’ – the dismissal of female pain, and why it’s unacceptable
Women aren’t pretending to be sick – they’re pretending to be well. We look at female pain, and how it’s treated by the medical profession.
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Eurovision is the best thing about Europe
Eurovision triumphs not because it is powerful, but because it’s a pure celebration of sincerity and joy.
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When you never grew out of your childhood nightmares: sleep and night terrors in adults
I am thirty years old and I am afraid of going to sleep. For over half my life, sleep has not been a safe place. Instead, more often than not, I wake up screaming because there is a man in my room. Sometimes he’s just a shadow in the corner without a face, other times…
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Parliament’s Neighbours: Sleeping rough in Westminster
This year’s waves of icy weather, the numerous, ‘beasts of the east’, and the Portuguese man’s death could be the wake-up call that Westminster needs.
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