It may be only 5 degrees, but at least the sun is out this morning, so QUICK! RUN FOR A BEER GARDEN! We all got teased with the promise of a nice spring and summer with 27 degree weather last week, but it was washed away by rain as quickly as it appeared. So obviously,…
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Why We Should All Follow Patti Murin And Be Open About Mental Health In The Performing Industry
Read moreI woke up this morning to a message with a link to a Facebook post. The Facebook post was by Patti Murin, the Broadway actress currently starring as Anna in Broadway’s ‘Frozen’. So she’s immediately my role model, obviously… Patti Murin is a Broadway regular and is extremely talented, so you would think that she…
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Black Mirror Predicted Our Future And I’m Freaking Out
Read moreSo I’ve had a couple of wines, so excuse me if my writing makes zero sense or my grammar is appalling… But after re-watching the episode of Black Mirror that kicked off season 3, ‘Nosedive’, I wanted to write about how much Black Mirror episodes are coming true. I think Black Mirror as a franchise…
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Ways To Make The Most Of Your Week Nights And Stop Only Living For The Weekend
Read moreIt’s so easy to let the weeks pass in the blink of an eye. I can’t believe how fast the last few weeks have gone – it feels like the weekend is always here! I’m not saying I don’t appreciate the weekend, because I REALLY DO. But I’m very aware of how quickly my life…
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Live For Today And Be Thankful For It
Read moreMost of the time life is bloody wonderful. And sometimes it’s not. You can complain and say that your life sucks because it isn’t going the way you want it to be, but at the end of the day, every morning that you wake up happy and content is a blessing. You are never promised…
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How To Make The Most Of Your Snow Day
Read moreRemember how when we were school kids we used to pray for it to be a snow day as soon as a fleck of snow squeezed from the sky? Well it doesn’t matter how old we get, we still want the same thing; everybody wants a snow day! Snow days are a surprise day off…
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Things Nobody Tells You About Going Vegetarian
Read moreWhile people have been trying out Veganuary for the month of January, I decided to do the slightly less intense version. I decided to go vegetarian. Although for me, the intention is not to just be vegetarian for the month of January, it’s more of an ongoing thing. I’ve tried a couple of times before…
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Smear Tests: It’s Time To Acknowledge We’re Not Invincible
Read moreLadies, we have an epidemic on our hands… and the epidemic is that we’re not taking good enough care of our foofs. Vagina. Nunnie. Va-jay-jay. Flower. Sharon. Whatever you want to call it, we’re not being kind enough to it. Apparently, according to recent surveys, a stupid amount of young women aren’t booking their smear…
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48 Hours In Prague
Read moreSo a couple of weeks ago now, my boyfriend whisked me away for the weekend and I had no idea where we were heading. He helped me to pack a small suitcase and we woke up at 4am to hop on a train which ended up taking us to Manchester Airport. Considering I hadn’t packed…
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Ways To Beat The Winter Blues
Read moreI’m sure we’re all feeling it… It’s half way through January and we’re miserable. There’s no more fairy lights everywhere, no festive music playing in shops and everybody is either doing Dry January, Veganuary, working off their Christmas body or skint. We’re all depriving ourselves in some way. I’ve been mourning the loss of sunlight…
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Guess What? Your Time Is Up.
Read moreConsidering girls are always talked about as being in competition with each other, the show of solidarity at the 2018 Golden Globes is a prime example of how people need to stop assuming women are unsupportive of each other. 2017 was a big year for women in Hollywood beginning to step forward and speak out…
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New Year, New Me… Sort Of
Read moreI knew I’d feel weird once I turned 25 – I was in denial and freaking out and saying I was going to a have a ‘mid twenties crisis’… and it seems to kind of be coming true. But I need to calm the hell down. I think the things about turning 25 is that…
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25 Things In 25 Years
Read moreWell… IT’S MY BIRTHDAY! 25 years young! While I’ve been having an early mid-life crisis regarding turning 25 (because that’s an adult sounding age!) , I’ve been lucky enough to live a great quarter-century with highs and lows that have made it a worthwhile journey. Here’s 25 things I’ve reflected on and compiled since last…
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My Thoughts On THAT Ben Freeman Tweet…
Read moreWell, Ben Freeman managed to piss off quite a lot of people this week… The soap actor posted a tweet on the 14th November that offended and angered a lot of the Musical Theatre industry. See below… You can probably see why a lot of people were annoyed by his controversial tweet. Funnily enough, it…
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My Biggest Audition Fails
Read moreSince it is #LoveTheatreDay I thought it would be an excellent excuse to get my blog going again, seeing as it’s been a while since my last post. I have been struggling to find the time to blog as of late due to me now working 6 days a week, so I barely have time…
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My Favourite Murder Podcasts And Why You Should Listen To Them Too
Read moreI’ve been wondering why I’ve been having so many weird, stressful dreams recently and I’ve finally realised what the probable cause is… I listen to too many murder podcasts! No wonder my subconscious is messed up… Every evening when I come in from work I stick on a podcast episode and listen to the host’s…
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10 Netflix Originals You Should Be Watching
Read moreI’m notorious for having a thousand TV series on the go at once. I’m not a big fan of binge watching (unless something has cliff hangers at the end of every episode – ‘Heroes‘, I’m talking to you!) So I tend to have a lot of series going on at the same time and I…
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Why The UK Ivory Trade Must Stop!
Read moreOn October 7th 2017 whilst we all went about our leisurely Saturday’s, hundreds of people showed up in London’s Parliament Square to protest the UK’s part in the world ivory trade. Whilst tourists and civilians walked by, people of all ages stood in silent protest for half an hour, holding fake bloodied tusks and wearing…