Four days is enough to see Porto well. It's a city for shopping, walking and chilling - ideal for a city break.
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Podcasts: The Ultimate Edutainment
What podcasts do I recommend, and what makes a good podcast to me?
Social Media Life Hacks
Here are the steps I will be taking to improve my feed and step back from social media - without deleting my accounts.
Giving Up The Ghosts of a Previous Year
A look back on 2022 and a look forward to how I want to do 2023
A Birkbeck Story
I had to write an essay because I was taught too well not to.
Ersatz
A poem inspired by my Starbucks order. CW - eating disorders.
My Journey To Breakfast At Tiffany’s
My first encounter with Breakfast At Tiffany’s was Audrey Hepburn in Givenchy and rhinestones. Like a lot of little girls, I had the calendar and the costume jewellery and a battery-powered vintage-looking alarm clock that had the Robert McGinnis poster emblazoned on it in technicolour - one that I kept long after it stopped functioning... Continue Reading →
The song I’d like Alex Turner to write about me
I'd like to see you with a beer in your hand Swaying on the side of the stage, singin along to my band I’d like for your disdainful smile to catch my eye And to know what it means, to know you were havin a good time I'd like for your voice to call me... Continue Reading →
For A Pessimist, I’m Pretty Optimistic (a rewrite)
Sing, sing, Sing of arms and of the men Who only want to leave Sing, sing, See yourself in the mirror Say what you need to hear You think that you can come here Like I'll say how to fix things Like the chorus doesn't matter Like you don't know better? I put my faith... Continue Reading →
Classical music: how to get into something difficult
Thank god for teens on Spotify. Their knowledge on so many topics is as lacking as mine, whether we’re talking about classic 80s hip-hop they weren't there for or Romantic classical music when they're not sure if romantic is an era or a mood. The beautiful thing about the teens, though, is that even if... Continue Reading →
