The food industry is becoming saturated with ‘Greenwashing’ campaigns. As western societies (namely USA, Europe and the UK) move toward plant based diets, the attitudes usually associated with plant based diets - such as having an environmental consciousness extending beyond diet, avoiding leather, choosing companies that are kind to people and the planet - are not being adhered to.
Read MoreEver heard of "YAVIS"? It stands for "Young, Attractive, Verbal, Intelligent, and Successful." No, it’s not a new dating term - YAVIS is an old acronym coined in the 60’s describing the apparently “ideal” therapy client preferred by mental health professionals due to inherent biases. A good 60 years on, with the self-care industry now worth a whopping $450 billion, how prevalent is it still today?
Read MoreThese feisty crustaceans have the nickname of “thumb splitter” due to the impressive feeding appendages which can pack a powerful punch and cut through a finger to the bone if handled inaccurately.
Read MoreFinding holiday destinations that are nature-orientated as well as original and authentic can sometimes be tricky. However, these three French gems offer just what you’re looking for!
All located in the Southern part of France, Gigondas, Isle-sur-la-Sorgue and Evisa are wonderful places for travellers who make nature and originality a priority
Read MoreI half expect him to return home again a few times before he finds his feet, who knows! It’s so hard for young people to make it these days, rents are ridiculously high and jobs are scarce and poorly paid. I really don’t want to have to convert his room back into a stinky pit again.
Read MoreThe ocean is a huge, fascinating place, with just 5% having been explored (which I find slightly unnerving). What has been explored though, is deeply fascinating, slightly creepy and also a little bit magical. This article will look at four fabulous ocean discoveries.
Read MoreMichelle Donelan, the Universities Minister, accused the University of Hull of ‘dumbing down standards’ after it stipulated that students from minority ethnic backgrounds or underperforming schools should not be marked down for spelling, punctuation and grammatical errors.
Read MoreFrom a young age, I’ve had a fascination with boarding schools. Of course, books like Malory Towers and Harry Potter idealise the boarding school experience, and whether I’d have enjoyed it in reality is another thing.
Read MoreIn today’s world, a major source of instant gratification is technology, particularly mobile phones. Apple Pay is there when we want to purchase things, Uber is there when we want a cab and Facetime is there when we want to see our loved ones’ faces.
Read MoreWeddings. Days full of hopes, dreams, and optimism. You pledge your troth to your one and only, truly believing you will be happy ever after. Or do you? With the statistics for divorce sitting at 45% on 2020 figures, why do people still think that they are going to be the ones that ride the storms and come out of the other side still speaking, still holding hands and walking off into the old-age sunset?
Read MoreThis in itself seems to me both misguided and somewhat patronising. How are we to judge what an acceptable level of interest in politics is before you are knowledgeable enough to include such a disclaimer?
Read MoreConstant rumours and chatter has left the world rolling their eyes any time a new story of Prince Philip dying comes out. The team behind the royal family have indeed been preparing for the aftermath for years.
Read MoreI can’t remember the exact moment we first met, I guess that has something to do with being so much older now and memory fading over time but I do know that Rob has been in my life since we were young.
Read MoreFor me, my happiest moment wasn’t a stand alone event, it was one moment that crystallised and encompassed years of happiness between me and my best friends.
Read MoreThere seems to be genuine, reasonable (and rather convincing) logic behind the scrapping of spelling penalties, one that aims to fight elitism in British universities.
Read MoreI didn’t know how to start the conversation so I cleared my throat and said, ‘Are you ok?’ There was a slight movement of her head as her eyes peeked at me between the top of her head and the linked arms.
Read MoreI have been riding out the pandemic like many people on furlough, safe in my little bubble at home, but after just over a year of hibernation we are coming back - which leaves me feeling anxious. And that’s because I am a bartender in a local pub in the heart of the home counties.
Read MoreI have often written about the obstacles trans people face when accessing healthcare, and when it comes to transitional healthcare, the situation is not any different - if not worse.
Read MoreI did this charity gig with two other comedians and we all had to do a routine in the style of three completely different famous comedians. It was at a small, north London cafe. I knew the regular audience were educated, mainly young, open-minded, my sort of crowd, but I thought I’d have some fun with them if you get my drift?
Read MoreFinally, I myself have been well and truly sucked in, enticed by the complexity of my birth chart and the self-reflection that it offers me. Which led me to thinking, what has really caused the recent boom in astrology and why are we all suddenly so fascinated with it?
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