Where I’ve been and of course the “Bucket List”
The thing about predicting the future is, the moment you speak one into being it becomes a notion that is already past. What transpires after prediction, after ambition, is anybody’s guess — subject to the holy chaos that is the human world. All we can do is honour what we know, […]
Senior healthcare jobs are commanding some of the highest salaries in the UK, according to new figures released by job site Indeed. In fact, no fewer than 12 of the UK’s 20 highest-paying jobs are in the healthcare sector, according to Indeed’s end-of-year figures. With an average salary of £100,000, […]
Christmas Day was Bridgerton‘s first birthday. Shonda Rhimes’ game-changing show premiered on 25th December 2020, rewriting the rulebook of the somewhat stuffy (and overwhelmingly white) period drama genre and making us seriously obsessed with Regency London. It even served as inspiration for Regency-inspired baby names. Sadly, Netflix didn’t treat us […]
Victoria and David Beckham always post the best family Christmas photos and this year’s festive ‘gram is no exception. It shows the couple with their daughter Harper and sons Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz, all stood in front of a statuesque Christmas tree. As you’d expect, the whole family looks super-smart […]
Finally, some good news. Yes, the end of 2021 is being affected by a slightly chaotic Venus retrograde. But even so, there’s another astrological transit coming our way that’s promising to steady our spirits. Jupiter, the Planet of Luck, is entering into its favourite sign of all time, Pisces, on […]
The solstice is behind us and Venus Rx stretches out into the distance ahead, looming over our days in Capricorn, where both the Sun and Mercury have endeavoured to reside. Our week begins with a sextile from matter-of-fact Mercury in Capricorn to uncertain Neptune in Pisces on the 26th, helping […]
No matter how many ‘relatable’ television shows there are, audiences will always be fascinated with society’s elite. Across the pond, this normally involves the tech bros of Silicon Valley or the media kings of New York. In Britain, however, this almost always means the royal family and their wealthy acquaintances. […]
2021 has been challenging, to say the least. The year kicked off in lockdown, still in a global pandemic with the vaccine rollout yet to begin. The news was hard to watch, too. Coronavirus wasn’t the only problem we faced: at the start of January pro-Trump protestors swarmed the Capitol […]
View this post on Instagram A post shared by viv (@vintage.by.viv) In 2021, after 2020’s banana bread and sourdough hysteria had died down, lockdown made everyone and their nan try their hand at redecorating. If you’re going to be stuck at home, might as well make it look good, am […]
There was once a time when we imagined two rounds of vaccination and a booster would ensure our return to Christmas party season. In preparation, designers brought back Y2K-era party dresses and Paris Hilton-approved metallic mesh pieces. As the new variants leads a surge in cases worldwide, putting a question […]
