I always felt a bit itchy about it, and Valentine’s Day for that matter. Tokens of love can sometimes feel cheap when you spend too much money on them! And that dear readers is why I’m not a very successful businesswoman!

With rent prices in cities increasing drastically in the last decade, millennials complaining that they are struggling to put any money on the side on a monthly basis, starting salaries being excruciatingly low, particularly in cities like London where the job market is extremely competitive, and few of us being offered private health insurance through work, it is hard to believe that many have the opportunity to spare £300 a month for counselling.

For as long as I can remember whenever someone has asked the question, “who would be your dream dinner party guest?”, I have known my response. My hand shoots in the air, fingers waving as my face turns purple with the desperation to shout my answer. “Diana. Princess Diana”, I exhale.

The Netflix hit Bridgerton, adapted from Julia Quinn’s bestselling novels, created by Chris Van Dusen, and produced by Shonda Rhimes, revealed to 82 million viewers the exquisite fashion of Regency Britain. While Bridgerton costume designer Ellen Mirojnick took influence from the colour palettes, fabrications, and silhouettes of the 1950s and 1960s to create the show’s 7,500 costume pieces, this article provides a whistle(down)stop tour of early 1800s fashion.

I wouldn’t say I chose the spiritual path, rather it chose me. In order for my eight-year-old self to survive the slings and arrows of outrageous friendships, I needed to adopt a philosophy that ensured my closest relationships left me feeling whole and happy.

‘Why would you feel so negative, when you can look at the positives that he has achieved in his life?’ That is something I will firmly hold onto, but grief is never easy. I had to grieve on my own, away from my family, and away from university friends that I would see in the odd lecture or two, due to the online learning we were now faced with.

To a certain extent, storytelling surrounds us from prior to our birth and, if we are fortunate, till long after we are gone. Yet it is a concept many of us are afraid of; myself included until merely a year ago.

This so far, may sound perfect, but of course there’s also been those who have dropped off of my path. Some of these, I just talk to less, some I realised we were never really that close. We all have those friends in secondary school who were only friends with out of convenience, right?