I’m in denial about it being autumn; I miss the long sunny evenings of summer and Christmas is not quite near enough to get excited about yet. So when I picked up a copy of frankie, an Australian independent magazine, and found that it was infused with the down under excitement of ‘summer is just…
Issue 2 of Peeps Magazine Crossing Thresholds, true to its name, explores people across the world; their outlooks; their lives. I loved reading a magazine where the loss of work for prostitutes in Paris shares editorial space with Maori beliefs that rivers are legal people with their own rights. Although such varying cultures, both share themes of…
Betty Magazine was created as a unique and intelligent choice for girls, pairing vintage style with alternative lifestyle features – everything from modern calligraphy classes to fun Instagram accounts to follow, book clubs to join and natural body scrubs to make.
It’s hardly surprising that Another Escape, the independent magazine I’ve just finished reading, is based in Bristol. The city is an amazing hub for the renaissance of independent print magazines. But Another Escape doesn’t feel like it’s creators Rachel Taylor and Jody Daunton produce it in Bristol. Reading Another Escape feels like it was made…
Hurrah! We've booked a late-summer trip to Marrakesh - not somewhere I would have naturally chosen to go, but now I can't wait to explore. When we first thought about going on holiday I had my heart set on a Mediterranean island but was persuaded by my fairly beach-averse boyfriend and a browse of some travel…
With Lucy Rose, Michael Kiwanuka and Villagers headlining at Communion Records’ Bushstock Festival in Shepherds Bush last night, it was incredibly tough deciding who to see. Thankfully we had several hours of brilliant music to indulge in first! In the end we plumped for Villagers’ intimate folk music in serene St Stephen’s Church and it was…
I’ve heard so much praise for The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt’s latest novel - in the last year, that I just had to read it to find out what all the fuss was about. And, I didn’t think the praise was unfounded! The Goldfinch starts in New York City, where a bomb explodes in the…
December crept up so quickly this year that I really think about getting an advent calendar until it was too late but I’m getting around that by having something chocolatey every day (not much different to any other time of year to be honest!) It’s nice to open something every day in the run up…
BBC Radio Two's annual short story competition for kids, 500 WORDS, is open for submissions again, and, although not eligible to take part, I'm pretty excited about the contest this year! I listen to Chris Evans's Breakfast Show on weekday mornings, so last year I caught the hype about 500 WORDS 2013, and read the…
Exciting news! I'm extremely chuffed that my blog has been picked to be part of New Writing South's Good Blog Guide! I've been a fan of New Writing South, a creative writing hub based in Brighton, for while, and I'm so pleased to have gained their 'stamp of approval' so early in my blog's -…
