If I’ve learned anything during lockdown it’s how versatile my mental health can really be. There’s been days where I won’t accept any positivity from anyone; yet, there’s been others where I’m the one instilling others with clichés, inspirational quotes and pep talks galore. These new circumstances have pushed my limits at times and everything …
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Today I said a phrase I never imagined would have to leave my mouth, “I think this has been my favourite day of lockdown so far.” Very quickly life has took a George Orwell-esque turn for the worst and the ‘new normal’ seems oh so dreary. Yet today, a freedom I haven’t felt in weeks …
I keep squinting my eyes together as if to try and force them shut. Sleep won’t come to me. All day my eyes have felt heavy, as though the weight of the situation we are in was sat right on my lids, pushing them down; yet now, here I lie wide awake thinking fondly of …
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For years humanities and the arts have been underfunded, under appreciated and kicked to the bottom pile on the priorities lists. Writers have had to waste their talent on justifying why their words are worth our reading, artists have had to provide artwork that can is useful to others for it to be worth something …
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I'm taking a time out from writing raving reviews about books and films to write down my most special review to date. I want to tell you everything I think that needs to be put in black and white about how INCREDIBLE my Mam is - as a soppy birthday treat for her. I don't …
1917 is Britain’s WW1 answer to Saving Private Ryan; replacing the guts and gore with intensity and emotion. When deciding how I feel about a war film it’s never about enjoyment, usually it’s about my level anxiety or the speed of my heart rate as I walk out the cinema doors. If I’m measuring this …
For only the second week into the year it's quite honestly been a rubbish one! After the build up of the new year mantras, the hope of new beginnings and the excitement of what's yet to come, the second week of January has kicked the blues off and my god they're well undergo. It's crashed …
The definition of a 'resolution' has undergone major pejoration over time; what once was a personal, positive goal set to improve yourself in the next chapter of life has now become an empty vessel of failure and disappointment. It has become the joke target we feel compelled to set ourselves because everyone else does it, …
As time rapidly builds up to Christmas it has begun to dawn on me, and the majority of social media, that we are also approaching the end of the decade. With the hustle and bustle of this year my mind has been pushing me to spend some time reflecting and appreciating my own maturing and …
Whilst sat tackling (or attempting to) my latest University essay deadline I clicked play on a pre-made playlist of "mellow" songs I hoped would lead to minimal distraction. I put on my headphones to shut out the world, or more importantly the sound of my boyfriend's Xbox, and became immersed in each calming melody that …
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Like An Open Book 