It cannot be said that Tolstoy understood women, yet his famous introduction to Anna Karenina can just as well be applied to women as families: "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Are women not the head of the household? This is a complicated statement, but even in... Continue Reading →
Tarot Meets Taylor Swift: Discover the Taylor Arcana
How I made the Taylor Swift tarot deck
How a Growing TBR Can Enhance Your Reading Journey
After a touch of quick maths yesterday, I discovered that if I read on average four books a month (not an insignificant amount) for the rest of my projected life, I will have read about half of my TBR as logged on the website StoryGraph. This being a website, and a relatively new one in... Continue Reading →
Moodboard: Crafting A Vibe for Summer ’25
June, then, is a crossroads, where we decide what we'll embody in the next few months… so here are some tips for a more in-depth, considered summer metamorphosis.
A House of Bootlegs
Growing up in a house of bootlegs, and developing my own music collection.
Ekiben and Britain
It's been really interesting seeing my country through the eyes of friends from India who want to see as much of the country as possible, and they have encouraged me to remember a childhood of holidays across the UK, renting cottages, and seeing the castles and countryside of Britain. I have always enjoyed seeing what... Continue Reading →
… I kind of really relate to Jordan Peterson, actually?
Jordan Peterson is a cautionary tale for people with Late Romantic proclivities.
Essential Gig Etiquette Tips for Concertgoers
It was my great joy to see Ms Rebecca Black live last week when she brought her Salvation tour to London. I've been so glad to see her reach her potential, and I bought the ticket mainly to support an indie artist, since I'm really much too old to be heading to the club on... Continue Reading →
Lisbon: A Digest
Four days is enough to see Lisbon well. Here is the Late Romantic dot com guide to this city break.
Algorithmic Complacency and Me
Technology Connections named a modern phenomenon; I too am trying to combat it.