Ah, 2020. What a strange year for reading. Once the pandemic hit, the local library became one of my most visited (and only) destinations, and I coveted my pile of loaned…
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Canadians are famed for being ‘nice’. But until last summer I’d never been to Canada before – so my first introduction to Canadian hospitality was actually in London’s West End, where…
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Grief Mental Health Personal WritingI’ve Written a Book – About Grief, Loss, and Becoming an Orphan
The secret’s out. I’VE WRITTEN A BOOK! Surprise! I’ve been working on this book for over a year: drafting, revising, editing, pulling my hair out, sending it to beta readers, working…
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I’ve read a lot of grief books over the years. That’s what happens when you lose your mum to cancer when you’re 20, and your dad to fibrosis when you’re 29.…
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What do you do if you’re an anxious flyer who loves to travel? To be perfectly honest, I’m still trying to feel my way through this one. Because every time I…
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Welcome to Shibamata, the most nostalgic neighbourhood in Tokyo. In fact, Shibamata’s nostalgic nature was pretty perfect for my first full day in Japan, because I felt like I was stuck…
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I barely remember my first time in Japan. Although I was only eight years old to be fair. In 1996, Japan was a world away from my childhood life in London…
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2019 was the year I finally got myself back into reading. It was the year I re-discovered the joys of owning a library card. The year when going to bed with…
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I wanted to find the best things to do in Palma de Mallorca. The problem? I only had twelve hours to do it in. Palma de Mallorca is the capital city of…
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There are currently 170,000 people homeless in London. Over the last ten years, a succession of drastic cuts means rough sleeping in the UK has increased 165% since 2010. By the…