Things I find weird / cultural differences between the US and UK

I seem to know a lot more Americans, than I did before I visited two years ago. I think it’s partially that, after I visited, I found myself following lots of travellers, so I could marvel at their local adventures and write a list of all the beautiful places I would visit, if I was

She was walking home : it’s a tough week to be a woman

What a week for womankind, eh? On Monday (8th March), it was International Women’s Day – a day meant for the international celebration of women’s accomplishments. Late Sunday night (1am UK time), a two hour interview between Oprah, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle was broadcast in the US. By Monday morning, the UK papers were

Books to quell your wanderlust

Being stuck inside for three months, under Covid regulations, is comparable to being stuck at home for months as a teenager, unable to leave the house because – where are you going to go? When I was a teenager, and was living in a village, in the middle of nowhere, I had no (personal) transport

Pack it in: how to travel light (ish)

Back when I was living that jetset life (pre-covid), I was travelling up to 3 times a month. Some of these trips were for my own entertainment, but I was mostly travelling for work. As I started to travel more, I found some items that I now (probably) can’t live without, so I thought I’d

How to be happy

I sometimes get asked how I manage to be such a happy and positive person. I can tell you I wasn’t always this way. There was a time, when I felt as though I was under a dark storm cloud, as thick and black as my mood. It was a long process to move myself

You can’t sit with us: the trans-female divide

A blog about the debate between radical feminists and trans activists for inclusivity

An open letter to “cancel culture”: don’t. An essay on sexual abuse in the music industry during the 2000s

An open letter to cancel culture and an essay on sexual abuse in pop punk bands

Lana del Rey and the Quest for meaning

A post about Lana del Rey’s problematic instagram post and the race row

How to be Anti-racist

I am sometimes a pretty embarrassing person. I talk to animals, constantly, like they are humans. I, literally, have full conversations in my garden, with the cats that live next door. I spend a lot of my time managing my self-shame at being rubbish, or getting something wrong or being embarrassing. I’m a perfectionist for

Our racist pasts: a history of racism in the US and UK

Disclaimer: I am white person. What I write below is to educate other white people about their privilege and the disparities in our society, including population, history, representation and social discrimination.  So far in 2020, we have had severe bushfires in Australia, wiping out large numbers of already endangered species (source: bbc), followed by a