I think every person, no matter their size, can relate to buying something online and then it being completely different in person. It’s awful because you feel like it’s your fault the clothes dont fit when more often than not, they have been made cheaply and styled to look completely different.There seemed to be no way to combat that except to take a chance and then return crazy amounts of clothing that end up in landfill.
Staying in Norwich after you’ve graduated
University, the greatest time of your life- so why wouldnt you want to stay in the area where you had some of your most formative years before the age of 30 ? I spoke to Millie Smith, an undergrad and masters student from UEA about her decision to stay in Norwich after she graduated to…
Moving During Lockdown
… they go in in hazard suits… an interview with a couple moving house during lockdown
A Fragile Reprieve
Once more grip slips, tides trip, and slits drip, cold heat, crescendo beat, and guilts eat, words freeze, drowned by breeze, and still no reprieve, silent Tijuana, cacophonous Sahara, fractured Nirvana, grips slip, tides trip, slowly I drip, finally, a reprieve. Commentary on the poem by Joseph Arlo: In these times of physical separation and isolation from support…
February book review
“So please, oh please, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away, and in its place you can install a lovely bookshelf on the wall.” – Roald Dahl February. Leap Year. Ladies your ONLY chance to propose to your fellas, or lie to a group of natives to get them to feed you…
Numbers- Marc Horrex
Our first guest post! Marc shares with us some poetry on mental health.
Veganism and the internet
Veronica is a lifestyle and photography blogger who has not only had some amazing experiences working in the world of marketing vegan products but also has been vegan herself for over 4 years. I sat down with her to briefly discuss veganism and the internet.
Korean Feminist Fiction
While I’ve always been an avid reader, my reading goals tend to be along the lines of ‘read more this year than ever’ or ‘read more classics; it’s becoming embarrassing you’ve done English lit and still never read Jane Eyre’.
An Interview with a Self-Love Influencer
Self-love is one of those things that everyone struggles with. Be that with our body image, our careers, our personal life, everyone struggles with some aspect of loving themselves. Self-love is one of the most important things we can master and thats why i’m so excited to share this interview with self-love guru, Ellie. Thank…
Teaching during lockdown
Tell me a bit about how lockdown has changed teaching for you The most obvious change is that I don’t have face-to-face contact with my students, this means that I am delivering the lesson without the ability to chart each students progress during the task and that means it is difficult to adapt learning to…
What I Learned When I Started Loving Myself
For most of my teenage years, I struggled with how I saw myself. I would avoid any reflection, decision-making situations, and anything that showed off ME. While body image was one issue I faced, it felt deeper than that; I believed there was something intrinsically wrong with my being. Over the last couple of years,…
Emerald Light
emerald light,a caldera reminiscent of a distant joy,oh why do i wait,perhaps a cruel twist of someone elses fate with every break of day a pilgrimage begins,one bathed in fractured hope,i was found from the crater a pyramid rose,one maslow himself would be proud,and with every crack of cat and her nine tails it is…
Freya & El Are Really Swell 