How do you feed your burgeoning love of live music without entirely emptying your wallet? As a veteran show-goer, I'm here to share my most loved performances, as well as a guide to the most famous festivals of the 20th century. What more could you need?
What would I say to Mark Gatiss if I met him in the street?
A social contract for meeting celebrities, and a review of relating to somebody's work.
Poetry 101:2 – Emphasise
Welcome to Poetry 101! The revision podcast that teaches you how, why, and where you already know it from. Every episode we are take a poem your teacher might give you and a song you probably know and investigate a literary technique, so that next time you have an exam or an essay you’re prepared.... Continue Reading →
Poetry 101:1 – Summarise
transcript of a podcast I wrote on how to decode poetry at a basic level. episode 1 - summarise.
Come In From The Cold: A History of My Relationship With Christmas
What changed me from hating Christmas to being a celebrant? Why did I hate Christmas in the first place? How can you act to make the festive season as joyful for those around you as it is for yourself?
Late Romantic began as a blog called 'theexjournalist' sometime around my late teens / early twenties. As I've moved tentatively towards placing greater values on privacy, professionality, and other projects, its appearance and content has changed, as has its hosting (1). It does appear to me that, however, over the years, the consistent function of... Continue Reading →
Rejection, Endless Rejection
Rejections are a fact of life. Rejection comes in friendship, work, creativity… and my god does it come hard and fast when you're trying.
Porto: A Digest
Four days is enough to see Porto well. It's a city for shopping, walking and chilling - ideal for a city break.
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
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