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 […]
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 […]
“I couldn’t listen to her music for the longest time. I used to go out and I would leave the room if it came on in a restaurant.” Dionne Bromfield pauses for a moment as we talk on Zoom, recounting how she coped at the height of her grief. “It […]
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, […]
I found the Refy Brow Sculpt where I get most of my makeup tips nowadays: on my FYP, in one of those get-ready-with-me videos that feels like a FaceTime. Creator and model Eloise Dufka was prepping for a sushi date with a love interest (TikTok dating content is my vice). […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Ever since my ex and I broke up on holiday in Berlin over four years ago, I’ve avoided holidays with partners like the plague. At the end of last year, a spontaneous second date helped me break the cycle quicker than expected. As someone who finds relationships slightly alien and […]
