Opinion

Learning to say no…

I hold my hands up, I am wholeheartedly terrible at saying no to things. Just two short letters but for some reason it just doesn’t compute in my brain. When someone presents an opportunity for a place on an exclusive course that may benefit my career or invites me to a great party the day…

The gratitude-struggle; why I’m not feeling guilty.

I’m not asking for your sympathy, just please stop being so self-righteous. This pandemic has brought out both the best and worst in people. From the frantic stockpilers to the brave and slightly insane souls raising money for the NHS by running a marathon in a four-foot garden. We all have our own ways of…

Youth activism and the problem with Call-Out culture.

In the last two years, we have seen an explosion of concern and conversation around the global environment. Protest groups like Extinction Rebellion hold monthly demonstrations in most UK cities, veganism is no longer dismissed as just a hippy, snowflake-like belief and the war on plastic is as absolute as the war on drugs. Greta…