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your 2025 reading list

your 2025 reading list

best reads from this year (and some from last year, too) I’ve heard a million times that becoming a great writer requires writing as much and as often as you can. While this is true, I believe reading as much and as often as you can – exposing yourself to new themes,...

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i’m grateful for my people

i’m grateful for my people

it’s always a good idea to talk things through. When you’re struggling with your mental health, the first piece of advice you’re usually given is to ask for help – to be honest about it with someone you trust. Anyone who’s experienced the feeling of being at war with themselves,...

Has being a ‘roadman’ finally gone out of fashion?

Has being a ‘roadman’ finally gone out of fashion?

It’s 2024… ‘low them tings there People, especially kids, will adopt what’s deemed to be fashionable. Thankfully, the ‘chav’ to ‘roadman’ arc appears to be on its last legs in England. Growing up in south London in the noughties was incredibly fun. Your mates were always out after school on bikes or playing football. We’d knock on each other's doors – and the odd stranger’s door – grab sweets, share a...

By London, UK
a love letter

a love letter

to bristol There’s a funny kind of feeling that comes with returning to a place you once lived. I experienced it when walking along the streets of Bristol this weekend, hit by a wave of sentimentality for the city where I spent my university years. It felt like coming home. Strolling through the city centre, I noticed how much – and how little – has changed. I climbed Park Street’s steep...

By London, UK
we’re doing way too much

we’re doing way too much

wtf is ‘maxxing’ and why are we applying it to literally the most normal things? If you’ve been reading my musings, then you’ll know that I’ve been dedicating a good amount of time to bettering myself in recent years. But as much as I consider self-improvement a positive thing, as always, it’s most constructive in moderation. Personally, I work best with a bit of structure. For one reason or another, if...

By London, UK
angel vs. devil

angel vs. devil

if nothing matters, why bother? We make around 45 million choices throughout our lifetime. Sometimes they’re good, sometimes they’re bad, and sometimes, they’re really, really bad. But I’m willing to bet that most decisions we consider ‘bad’ aren’t always enough to alter the course of our lives. Most ‘bad decisions’ are really just stupid ones, driven by emotion and made in the heat of the moment – a one-off...

By London, UK