Dang Your Fanny Pack! How Americanisms Are Infiltrating UK Language
Americanisms are gaining popularity in Britain, with more than one in four Gen Z and Millennials opting for ‘restroom’ or ‘washroom’ over the good old-fashioned bog or loo. Commenting on…
Running Friends Are The Best Friends
Does running alone give you more motivation, or do the benefits of buddying up outweigh that? While only a third of UK runners train with a partner, 87% of us…
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…
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…
