Travel

Where I’ve been and of course the “Bucket List”

Will The Rise Of Secondhand Fashion Erase Gendered Shopping?

With their colourful, eccentric racks of clothing, secondhand shops have historically encouraged a gender-fluid shopping experience. Often, clothes are organized by fabric, colour, style or decade (rather than the exclusionary limitations of just “men’s” and “women’s”). Dressing rooms are gender-neutral, and tags simply list the item type and price. It’s […]

You Should Delete These Words Off Your CV (& Use These Instead)

You Should Delete These Words Off Your CV (& Use These Instead)

Whether you’re looking to switch career paths, find a better job or recalibrate after a redundancy, a carefully crafted, thoughtful CV is key to landing your next big thing. But when it comes to writing such a CV, well, it can be something of a science. Because CVs are meant […]

TikTok’s ‘Lip Basting’ Is The Hack My Dry Lips Need For Winter

TikTok’s ‘Lip Basting’ Is The Hack My Dry Lips Need For Winter

Welcome to Beauty In A Tik, where each week we put TikTok’s viral beauty hacks and innovative trends to the test. When the weather is cold and miserable, some people experience parched hands or flaky cheeks as a result of the harsh, dry air. But it’s my lips that feel […]

9 Table Decor Ideas To Pretend You’re In A Restaurant

9 Table Decor Ideas To Pretend You’re In A Restaurant

Since the first lockdown in March last year there’s been a major shift in how people cook, with every other Instagram story featuring banana bread, a sourdough starter or a questionable WFH lunch. As we powered through, none of us forgot that feeling of walking into your favourite neighbourhood restaurant, […]

5 Nail Trends That Will Be Huge In 2023

5 Nail Trends That Will Be Huge In 2023

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Why I’m Done Putting Off Dating “Until I…”

Unlike many of my friends who frequently share their dating escapades and relationship highs and lows, I have never been much of a dater. Whether it was school, career or my mental health and personal wellbeing, other aspects of my life have usually taken priority over swiping on Tinder and […]

Can Lucid Dreaming Improve My Waking Life?

My first experience of lucid dreaming was, like many nighttime visions, both exceptional and banal. I was standing at Haggerston Overground station in London and as the train glided into the platform, I noticed that it moved more gracefully than usual. The wheels didn’t screech along the track and the […]