Women’s rising anger
This October sees the one year anniversary of when I would say I became truly political. When I started to take a vested interest in decisions being made that would greatly impact what is important to me. Of course I was disappointed although not surprised by Brexit. Bewildered but then again not surprised by the […]
The warm glow of Glow
https://youtu.be/AZqDO6cTYVY I knew I’d love the Netflix series Glow right from the off. As soon as I saw the trailer at the beginning of last Summer I couldn’t wait for it’s arrival. When this, seemingly, small show about women wrestlers in the 80’s did arrive I was not disappointed. Over the past year and a […]
Meet Charlie Lewis
~ LAURA LEE JEWELLERY BLOG ~ A man of many talents, and never one to shy away from an adventurous challenge, Charlie Lewis has been shopping at LLJ for almost a decade now. Whether he’s buying a sweet treat for a loved one or splashing out on a well-earned bespoke gift for himself we’ve grown accustomed to […]
Stir Crazy on the Island
It took me four seasons before I succumbed to the unhealthy addiction of watching Love Island. I managed to stay away for so long but was at a friends for dinner at the beginning of July and she MADE me watch it. She literally forced me so I had to. I knew that my addictive […]
Things I’ve learnt…
Things I’ve learnt from my friends husband walking out on her and her three small children ~ Listen. At the beginning your number one job in this situation is to listen. Do not offer advice. You’re not a counsellor or a therapist, you weren’t in that marriage with them. She will 100% be getting conflicting […]
New Blood
I’m bored with my friends. WHAT!?!! GUYS!!!! Come on…as if that statement could be true. You’re the only ones who have supported my average to marginally above average work for the past 18 years. No, what I mean by that provocative and attention grabbing sentence is that I want to see other people. She’s all […]
Stripping laid bare
I’ve been thinking a lot about strippers recently. Hear me out! I’ve started pole dancing. My current writing project involves a piece about a stripper. It’s a monologue that includes pole dancing and is hopefully going to be performed one day. Not by myself, I might add, as I’ve written a character who’s 28 years old. […]
Written on my face
{Jawline examples from 2009} The first time I ever heard about plastic surgery was in the early 90’s when I found a picture of Dolly Parton in one of my Saturday magazines. I was so fascinated by the picture that I cut it out and pinned it to my cork board. Dolly was dressed in […]
Raising Tiny
My niece looks like my brother. Sounds cute but she’s actually my sisters daughter. I’m not saying she’s currently resembling a nearly 42 year old man but, Tiny, as we like to call her, has the same heavy brow and cheeky smile that our brother possessed as a child. She also really looks like her […]
The Reeducation of Andrea Donovan
{clockwise from top left ~ Rupaul~Rupaul’s drag race, She’s gotta have it, Reni Eddo~ Lodge, Sasha Velour~Rupaul’s drag race. Dear White people, Orange is the new black, Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche, Underground} The one good thing that came out of President T**** being elected is that we are all now WOKE. It pains me greatly […]