Lifestyle

Jul 24
4 min

Lessons learnt: Music festivals

This year might not be the same in terms of the amount of festivals going ahead, but it's still much better than last year when the whole...

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May 1
3 min

Letter to my 10-year-old self

Okay so this is another piece on this blog that isn't really for anyone else other than myself. I've never been a diary-writer, every...

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Mar 13
4 min

My history with body confidence

Whenever you hear the words ‘body shaming’, straight away people jump to the image of someone being trolled for being seen as ‘too fat’....

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Feb 14
5 min

Nine years of waitressing

Now I’m sure like many others, prior to going into my ‘career job’ I did my fair share of part-time waitressing, pint pulling, and...

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Jan 30
4 min

My marathon experience: Part 1

It’s written down now so I guess I can’t back out. That’s right…I’ve bitten the bullet and I'm doing a marathon, something that has been...

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Dec 28, 2020
3 min

My review of 2020

2021 is nearly upon us…thank goodness. It can only be an improvement compared to this year, and I think I speak for everyone when I say...

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Dec 12, 2020
4 min

Moving away from home: Three months on

It’s now been a few months since I moved away to start my job as a trainee reporter here in Eastbourne. If you want to check out my...

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Nov 1, 2020
3 min

Travelling in America as a 19-year-old

After spending the summer working at a camp in Pennsylvania (click here to read that one) and meeting loads of new people, the general...

The truth about working in an American summer camp

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Oct 25, 2020
3 min

The truth about working in an American summer camp

I’ve had many summers that consisted of one thing - work! Waitressing day and night, and that was pretty much it. Summers were weeks and...

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Oct 17, 2020
4 min

Moving away from home

Moving away from home has never been something I’ve particularly worried about. I love my family and we’re very close, but I never really...

Lockdown lessons: Motivation and routine

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Sep 27, 2020
5 min

Lockdown lessons: Motivation and routine

As I write this we’re in the weird transition stage of lockdown. Boris has shut pubs at 10pm, groups of more than six can’t meet up...

Travelling to Africa alone as a 21-year-old

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Aug 11, 2020
5 min

Travelling to Africa alone as a 21-year-old

Last October I went to Africa. Uni was done, and it was a bit of time I had between graduation and starting my journalism exams (if...

The one where I introduced a townie to lambing...

IndiaLily

Mar 12, 2018
3 min

The one where I introduced a townie to lambing...

One very busy weekend at home on the farm plus one very excited housemate I grew up on a farm, so February and March are always very busy...

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