День: 14.12.2021

One evening, I texted that neighbourhood friend to see if she wanted to chat while we walked. Yes, she texted back, excitedly, I didn’t know you were here! No, I clarified, I was just

A whole new form of social sustenance grew up within a five-block radius of my house. I started to go for regular evening walks with a neighbour, and we grew

This week, in honour of the impending update of a certain HBO show that might just have cemented a certain ideal of early aughts cosmopolitan friendship, we are celebrating the art of being acquainted

There is also a very British distaste when it comes to public displays of emotion. Black Lingerie When Diana, Princess of Wales died, the public outpouring was mocked as hysterical. Such criticism

People cry for all kinds of reasons, some of them strategic. I doubt there is a woman on this planet who isn’t aware of the effect that tears have on

I am a crier. I cry easily, and not always from sadness. I can cry from anger, frustration, tiredness, and, of course, happiness, though those tears always seem to have

So far, the morning breakfast shows have been without a government minister doing the breakfast rounds. They haven’t been put up to talk about the Christmas party. Why? Because they

I remember December 2020 very well. It was constantly cold, bleak and tiring. As a first year university student, me and my peers struggled to navigate online lectures from our

There’s so much noise made about celebrating our bodies instead of picking relentlessly at our perceived flaws. I guess it’s grimly necessary to remind ourselves that our bodies are in

I spent several weeks staying in someone else’s home recently. A supremely generous neighbour let us stay while our plumbing is seen to, and we decamped with just the dog,