I have a tough time keeping my mouth shut about topics that I feel passionate about. As soon as something piques my interest, or strikes a chord, I must write about it. It’s like some weird innate need to put pen to paper – or...
Read MoreUs Brits take our food seriously. Forget football, griping about the weather or communicating in thinly-veiled insults, the subject that unites us most is our love of chips, crisps, cake, bread and all things carb. So great is...
Read MoreLast year, I lost two stone. I wasn’t on some elaborate weight-loss routine, or hitting the gym, I was unwell and the illness prompted my anxiety to spiral like a cyclone. Anxiety tends to curb my appetite. When I finally...
Read MoreAh, Rammy. Previously the Ramsbottom Festival, Head for the Hills is one of the loveliest, yummiest festivals in the world ever. Now in its seventh year, this Lancashire festival gets better and better. Northern Soul...
Read MoreI first saw La La Land with my parents. We’d picked up a copy on DVD from Primark (it was on a stand in that bit where you queue up to pay, next to the multi-packs of face-wipes and cheap socks), got in a load of snacks and some...
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