Why comfort zones only really exist for us to trek out of them
I am on the trip of a lifetime, and miserable as all hell. My feet are soaking wet and cold, my shoulders ache because the…
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What I learnt in 2022; that most of the time it is so much fun just being me
I A few weeks ago, I was waiting for a hotel lift so I could descend for breakfast. When the door finally slid open, I…
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Less Fear, More Anger and Pink Freud… what I witnessed in Ukraine
We drove across central Kyiv early on a Sunday morning. I remember being surprised by the hush: the night before the bars and restaurants had…
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Mirror mirror on the wall – where the fukarwee…..?
My mum has these funky friends across the pond in Canada who like kayaking. One day they set off with a bunch of pals, to…
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Beware Gaza Ice-cream
Yesterday, I heard a familiar voice on the radio. It was an old friend of mine from Gaza. Her name is Najla Shawa. She was…
Emergency appeal for Gaza
This Gaza city image was taken on 14th May by photographer Mohammed Zaanoun. As many of you know, I used to live inside Gaza. I…
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You, me & the dopamine gangs: how to (start) wackamoling internet trolls
How does online violence affect women and how do we start wackamoling online hatred ?
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The dark art of romance (and how to find true love forever…)
Is romance still alive – or has it been asphyxiated by these dark viral days? What’s the difference between romance and love, and how…
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As the sun sets on this weirdo year, I drink to uncertainty
The worst thing about having Covid was the anxiety. The fourth or fifth morning I had a hiccup of breathlessness and felt knived with fear:…
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Once upon a camp on fire: why is the EU looking on as refugees die?
Like a scene at the end of an adrenalised movie: a flimsy, overcrowded dinghy flailing in rough waves. Women, men and kids clinging to the…
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Dear COVID – 19: a viral invitation
Hello virus. I haven’t met you personally, thank God. You haven’t visited my mum and my stepfather, my sister and her family, or my best…
Far from the madding crowd…… an appeal to support refugees on Samos
Last New Year’s Eve, I was in Greece, sitting round a beach fire on the isle of Samos, just a few kilometres from the coast…
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