Like many people during the pandemic-induced lockdown orders, I turned to improving my living space with all of the free time I suddenly found myself with. While many looked to revamping their at-home workspaces or repainting their living room, I cleaned out my clutter-filled closet — and then turned it […]
On Monday, Game of Thrones star and Louis Vuitton ambassador Sophie Turner took to Instagram stories to show off the contents of an unboxing: a pair of quilted boots courtesy of the luxury fashion brand. “These are killerrrr,” she wrote, tagging Louis Vuitton in a photo of her feet wrapped […]
Rounding into month nine of quarantine, chances are your hair looks different than it did last winter. Maybe you’ve quit the salon altogether and leaned into long hair, pulling it up in a claw-clip chignon for your Zoom calls. Or maybe the time at home has inspired you to get […]
It’s a cold, windy night in February when my partner of eight years and I arrive at Original Sin, a cocktail bar in Stoke Newington. We’re nervous because we’re there to meet Andrea, a woman we met on Feeld, a dating app aimed at people looking for threesomes and more […]
US President Donald Trump visits his campaign headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, November 3, 2020. – A bitterly divided America was going to the polls on Tuesday amid the worst pandemic in a century and an economic crisis to decide whether to give President Donald Trump four more years or send […]
DOLLY PARTON’S CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE (L to R) DOLLY PARTON as ANGEL in DOLLY PARTON’S CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE Cr. COURTESY OF NETFLIX © 2020 Warning: Minor spoilers ahead for Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square. The holidays came early thanks to Netflix’s Christmas special Dolly Parton’s Christmas on […]
I was gifted my first-ever tarot deck this year, along with an accompanying guidebook — a set titled Our Tarot, by Sarah Shipmen. It’s a beautiful deck, featuring women who changed the course of history, including Joan of Arc, Emily Dickinson and Harriet Tubman. But I admit, I was intimidated. […]
I have a distinct memory of my dad telling me a certain boyfriend “wasn’t worth it”. I was 16. It had been my first love, and we’d just broken up. “You’re a beautiful girl, Laura,” my dad said to me, while driving. “You’re smart and you don’t have to put […]
The year was 2010, Rihanna was the “Only Girl (In The World)” and at the age of 16, I was just starting a brand-new chapter in my life. I spent the majority of my childhood at an underperforming London state comprehensive school but after my GCSEs I was awarded a […]
Cooking in lockdown veers wildly between extravagant lunch preparations, an unrelenting chore and futile attempts at batch cooking – often in the same day. And this is before you get to negotiating the kitchen space with your flatmates, family or partner. If you’re living in a city, chances are you’re […]
