A letter to my sister, to all our sisters. I am so sorry. How lucky, I thought, to be alive in a time with so much change. So many medical advances, so much more education and understanding; hormone replacement drugs Read more…
I recently did what a lot of us do as we pass from one year to another and looked at my Spotify Unwrapped. [For those of you not familiar, this is where Spotify give you a very well-dressed run down Read more…
Last weekend I walked past a pro-life rally taking place in central London and I felt myself burning up with a rage so white hot that I knew I was going to have to write about it. As the speaker Read more…
After almost two years of dodge, dip, dive, duck and dodge coronavirus finally caught up with us. We’re not entirely sure where we caught it but we have managed to pinpoint the day and I’m pleased to report it was Read more…
My anxiety levels are through the roof at the moment. It was to be expected that as things start to return to pre-pandemic levels of normal, as we emerge from flexi-furlough into fulltime workloads and our social calendars start to Read more…
This morning I stepped onto the scales and when I read what they registered my weight as, I burst into tears. I went out for a cycle and as I did laps of Hyde Park I berated myself for having Read more…
When you’re a person that has suffered from a form of mental illness, you look for it everywhere. You learn to recognise your triggers and your warning signs and hopefully how to brace and protect yourself from entering the depths Read more…
A week or two into the initial UK lockdown of the coronavirus pandemic I was feeling very lonely and isolated and decided to watch a film. After having a chat with a couple of people on Twitter we decided it Read more…
This one goes out… to all the fellas… I started writing this blog post a long time ago but didn’t quite find the right words to finish it and then the moment passed. But the current outpouring on social media Read more…
I’m struggling with weight a lot more this lockdown. Currently the scales are telling me I’ve racked up almost 10lbs since first lockdown. My weight is the highest it’s ever been. I am definitely at my biggest. I’ve been exercising Read more…