I’m a cliché. I’ve got that New Year, New Me Feeling. 2017 has been, in the words of David Mitchell on The Big Fat Quiz of the Year, ‘internationally disastrous’ and it’s taken its toll. Sometimes it’s hard not to get overwhelmed by everything that’s going wrong and it can be hard to keep positive. …
From the ages of 19 to 22 I lived in Oxford. I started off at Brookes University for a year and a half and, after deciding that the course wasn’t for me, continued living there for another year and a half, working in some incredible places. I had some of the best times and some …
Being poorly has lost its glamour. All it used to mean was lying on the sofa with a duvet, being brought flat lemonade with a straw and watching Ice Age 2. Now we have to call in sick at work, move the car so you don’t get a ticket (thank you Tom) and feel guilty …
We’ve been through what felt (to me at least) like a very long winter. We are facing uncertain times and everything is a little scary. There are lots of things we can’t control and sometimes it’s difficult to see progress or imagine change. I find that growing something is a wonderful way to counteract this …
Sometimes everything is just a bit terrible. Tom says that I simply can’t care about everything at once. But what do I choose to care about the most? The plastic in the oceans? Should I convert from vegetarian to vegan to make the world a better place? Syria? Politics in the US (terrible)? Politics here …
