Before this, I only had one 'psychic' reading experience, which involved drinking coffee and then having my future predicted based on the sediments remaining on the bottom of the cup. Whilst 'you will meet the man of your dreams' and 'you will be successful' are all nice to hear, it didn't really help me believe... Continue Reading →
Chinese Food Cannot Give You Coronavirus. Tell a Friend.
Working from home, to self-quarantining and cancelling sporting events, social distancing may help mitigate the coronavirus crisis but it’s destroying small businesses around the country. Small local businesses are not only suffering from customer cancellations due to self-isolation, but also from lack of insurance cover and support from other organisations. Although these causes are beyond... Continue Reading →
How Kickboxing Changes Your Body and Your Life
Kickboxing doesn't just teach you self-defence, but it also shapes you for a better life. Credit: Mountainside Fitness Jab! Cross! Left body hook! Right front kick! Left side kick! Right roundhouse kick! Beads of sweat drip down people’s faces as they finish round six. The beats of heavy metal rhythms provide the beat everyone’s punches... Continue Reading →
5 Things You Should Give Up If You Want To Be Truly Happy
The World Happiness Report, recently published by The Daily Mail, ranked 156 countries by happiness. It was revealed that while Finland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Iceland topped the table, there was no sign of Britain in the top ten. …So here are five things you should give up if you want to be happy: Give... Continue Reading →
THE ’90S: GRUNGE MUSIC
The 90s was truly an interesting time for the development of music. Being my favourite era for music, it was a time in which styles morphed and/or merged into music that often sounded both edgy and oddly familiar. Known as Grunge, the music fused heavy metal with 70's hardcore punk and lyrics that spoke to... Continue Reading →
Why 2019 will be the best year for festival lovers
From Reading to Cornwall, from Brighton to Leeds... UK music festivals are praised around the glove for holding the most famous artists in existence. The creativity and originality they express makes them stand out- making them become the most popular festival markets in the world. As each festival becomes better every year, this leaves us... Continue Reading →
The psychological effects of Brexit
Since the day following the vote of the EU referendum, the fear of an unknown future affects the minds of many. Levels of anxiety and uncertainty have also affected many UK citizens. Great changes certainly affect the emotional state of individuals. Undoubtedly, young people including myself feel uncertainty looking towards the future. With there being... Continue Reading →
Top five experiences with lucid dreaming
In a lucid dream, the dreamer is able to realise, during their dream, that they're having a dream. What makes this topic so fascinating is that with practice, a person can learn to control almost every aspect of their dreams, constructing their own dream-like world however they please. This gives people the opportunity to live... Continue Reading →
18 things I’ve learned by the age of 18
1. Friends come and go. If you’re not losing friends, you’re not growing up. There’s no point forcing someone to stay in your life when it’s clear that it’s not the same anymore and they’re not putting in the same amount of effort you give in. You are constantly meeting new people who have the... Continue Reading →
Journalism and me
Since I was born, journalism had been part of my everyday life. Turn on the radio- there’s journalism, discussing big events and casualties that I’ve heard about- there’s journalism again. It’s crazy to think that one journalist has the power to deliver information that can lead to an instant spread of knowledge that the whole... Continue Reading →