Personal Development 2021: The Year That Was Many things changed, yet I still review headphones. Looking back at what happened to me professionally across the year.
Mental Health Language Matters: How the Way We Talk about Suicide Makes a Difference Suicidal feelings can be difficult to share with others. We can all play our part in creating a welcoming space for those in distress.
Music Album Review: Laura Mvula - Pink Noise Laura Mvula's first album in five years is a joyful, 80s-influenced reminder of the unbridled joy of pop music.
Mindfulness Featured The Comfort of a Pandemic-Era Coffee My morning coffee has kept me grounded, but there's more to the experience than a caffeine-fueled buzz.
Politics Standing for Election Taught Me the Value of Compassionate Politics Three years ago, I stood for election as a local councillor on behalf of The Green Party of England and Wales. Here's what I learnt.
Mental Health Fear of the Future Even the smallest changes can throw us slightly off-course and make us anxious about the future.
Music Album Review: Foo Fighters - Medicine at Midnight Medicine at Midnight: the sound of a band unshackled from concept or legacy, no longer trying to out-do themselves but just to have fun with their craft.
Film Film Review: Last Christmas (2019) Last Christmas throws rom-com standards, Christmas-themed visuals, and the songs of George Michael into the mix. What comes out is an inconsistent movie but with a commendable core.
Music Album Review: Taylor Swift - Evermore Evermore, Taylor Swift’s second release of the year, continues the themes found on Folklore, but with a brighter edge. Whether this is a side-project, or a vision for long-term change, Evermore suceeds in delivering the artist’s vision.
Humanism Meditation helped me see that I'm a humanist at heart Empathy, understanding, and science underpin the humanist outlook.
Review Book Review: Fake Law by The Secret Barrister The Secret Barrister’s latest book, Fake Law, is a continuation of their excellent work dissecting and explaining the UK’s justice system and how our collective misunderstanding of the law allows our views to be manipulated.
Film Marvel, Perpetual War, and State Violence The Marvel Cinematic Universe is one of the most successful film franchises of all time. They are great movies, for sure. That doesn’t mean, though, that they should promote state and military violence.
Travel Caribbean Travel: St Lucia St Lucia is one of the Caribbean’s smaller islands. But don’t let the size fool you; St Lucia is great place to travel, relax, and explore.
Music The Best Albums of the 2010s We're now approaching the end of another decade. It makes sense to cast an eye back over the past ten years, and highlight some of the best albums of the 2010s.
Technology Why I Quit Fitbit (And Why You Should Too) After six years of wearing a Fitbit every day, I took the strap off for the final time. Here’s why you should quit Fitbit too.
Mental Health How To Tackle Loneliness With Mindfulness Curiosity is something we usually lose as we grow older. Mindfulness helps you regain that sense of freedom, and could help you feel less lonely too.
Opinion Featured Be More Kind: Why I Got Frank Turner's Album Art Tattooed On My Arm My first tattoo was the phrase ‘be more kind’ on my right forearm. Frank Turner’s words were the perfect reminder of what I’d learnt over the past half-decade.
Music Metalheads & Mental Health: Metallica's Some Kind of Monster Revisited Metallica’s 2004 film Some Kind of Monster wasn’t initially well-recieved. Fans thought it made the band look weak and dysfunctional. But how does it hold up 15 years later?
Music Review - ENO's Jack the Ripper: The Women of Whitechapel Ian Bell’s Jack the Ripper: The Women of Whitechapel succeeds in creating a powerful production about the strength of the women.
Technology From The Archives: A Day Without Smartphones Back in 2014, S and I took a walk around London without our smartphones. Here’s what happened, written the following day.
Personal Development How To: Go Overboard & Stop Swearing When my partner said to me back in 2015 that I was swearing too much, I decided that I could do something about it.
Opinion 10 Things I've Learnt In My First Quarter-Century Turning 25 is a milestone - a quarter of a century. Here’s what I learnt.
Books The Necronomicon - Fred Simon Fred Simon’s Necronomicon aims for Lovecraftian levels of mystisism but winds up a disappointing missed opportunity.
Books Live At the Brixton Academy - Simon Parkes How would you feel if you purchased a live music venue for just £1?
