The 10 Best Movie Songs Ever
Songs in films. It’s a polarising idea. Of course, every movie has a soundtrack, often a subliminal score that your brain will barely register, (Jaws and Star Wars notwithstanding). But…
7 Ways To Reduce Your Carbon Output
COP26 put climate change firmly back at the centre of the news agenda. The huge issues involving the environment and the planet’s limited resources require governments and large corporations to…
Falling For Autumn – The US Take On This Season
As a Brit, I love autumn. As a Brit in America, I’m rather in awe of fall. It’s way more than just a season for these guys. Let me share…
The Highs of a Year of Homeschooling
Here’s an article I never thought I’d be able to write, but, as my children go back to school this week for five whole days for the first time in…
Don’t You Know Who I Am?
When I saw the results of a recent study that showed percentages of kids who, in a recent survey, could not identify the vital work of historical figures such as…
The Pressure of ‘Should’ During Lockdown
Human beings are judging machines, we can’t help ourselves. While we hope we might see a kinder society emerging from the coronavirus pandemic, nothing positive comes from pointing out what…
You Talkin’ To Me? The Coronavirus Boom of Passive Aggressive Social Media
There’s a certain type of social media post that has always triggered me into a bit of unnecessary rage. This goes back way further than Coronavirus but seems ever more…
Is It Time To Ban Bounty Reps From Baby Wards?
Delirious, exhausted, and pissing through a catheter, I spent the first day of my son’s life shaking uncontrollably as an ‘accidental overdose of epidural’ drained from my body. I was…
Is Politics Breaking Us?
In the minds of many, the culmination of the general election this month, after months of campaigning, party political broadcasts and election pledges, has taken us one step closer to…
Top 10 Defining Stories of the Decade
As the 2010s draw to a close, Belle speaks to storytelling experts StoryTerrace to review the most important cultural tales of the last 10 years in Britain. A royal wedding…and…