Where I’ve been and of course the “Bucket List”
A few months ago when Jade Kendle started her wash day routine, she became fed up with the overwhelming number of curl creams, conditioners, and oils piling up on her bathroom counter. Her hair looked and felt lacklustre, and she was tired of trying new products that didn’t deliver lasting results. In […]
If you wake up and don’t want to smileIf it takes just a little whileOpen your eyes and look at the dayYou’ll see things in a different way-Don’t Stop, Fleetwood Mac, 1977 There’s an old summer camp quote they’d tell me while I was tearfully hugging friends and boarding the […]
Is it appropriate for a healthcare professional to post a picture of themselves in a swimsuit to social media? If your answer is, “Yes, duh,” then you’re on the same side of the debate as the hundreds of people who have been using the #Medbikini hashtag since this past Friday. […]
Olivia de Havilland, British actress, wearing a blue dress with a matching blue feather in her hair, sitting on a yellow sofa in a studio portrait, against a black background, circa 1935. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images) The last fragile thread linking us to the Golden Age of Hollywood […]
It’s been a subdued summer for most of us, with none of the usual vacation plans and get-togethers. But that doesn’t mean we can’t be making plans for next year — and for Google, those hot summer 2021 plans involve… continuing to work from home. In an announcement today, the […]
In the worst part of lockdown, I started religiously drinking two cans of Guinness every night like I was Tom Hardy prepping for Bronson. I knew full well that doing so might not be the best thing for me. But I had been wearing the same bobbled joggers for two […]
The following is an extract from Feminist City by Leslie Kern, which explores how cities are built for men and the ways that women fight to take up space. Looking through the lens of geography, pop culture and public and personal history, the book exposes how female bodies are ostracised […]
On Saturday 25th July I found myself embarking on three post-lockdown firsts. I got on the Tube. I travelled to Clapham Common (which I’m fairly certain would also have been a pre-lockdown first, no offence to Clapham Common). And I got on a stationary bike in a room illuminated by […]
My mother grew up in the south of Malaysia in a traditional Sikh-Punjabi community and it was always assumed that she would have an arranged marriage. She was 19 when approached by an elderly lady at the gurdwara who asked her and my grandmother about her eventual desires of marriage. […]
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 17: People practice social distancing in white circles in Domino Park in Williamsburg during the coronavirus pandemic on May 17, 2020 in New York City. COVID-19 has spread to most countries around the world, claiming over 316,000 lives with over 4.8 million infections reported. […]
