Author: readieg

From the window, I can see the year above doing athletics on the field. My eyes hungrily scour the polo shirts and skinny legs. I spot him. I watch as he lines up against the bright white line in the grass, ready to run 800 maybe 1500 metres. I sit back, eyes still pointed out [...]

I'm on a bit of a mission. Or perhaps it's more of an expedition. I'm desperate to discover the source of my recent, and let's face it constant inability to follow through after any sort of sexual encounter. I've got a few stories to tell, so settle down. Grab a hot drink and listen in. [...]

I refuse to be ashamed of my adoration and fascination with Love Island. Call it what you want. Trash TV. A personification of the toxicity of Instagram. Hot people doing nothing for 8 weeks. Perhaps it is all of the above... ...But, at it's best, Love Island is a representation of the relationship dynamics that [...]

What constitutes as an era? 'The period of time to which anything belongs or is to be assigned' In that case, 30 Knoyle street has been an era belonging to friendship, red wine and self-discovery. We are approaching the end of this era. Soon, the time will come to say goodbye to the wine filled [...]

You might not need to hear this. You might be absolutely fine. Completely fine. Completely and utterly, fine. Just in case you're not. Just in case underneath all of those giggles and smiles, lies a layer of indescribable sadness, know that you're not alone. That cloud, the mist that hovers over your head as you [...]

It's how every Fairy Tale ends... And so... they lived Happily Ever After. It normally comes, does it not, when the Princess has been scooped up by the Prince. Rescued, snogged in her sleep and kept in a castle, albeit no longer guarded by a dragon but 'kept' nonetheless. I'm not the first to question [...]

I've lived in London for two years now. It's been amazing but overwhelming. London is filled with smog. On the train at rush hour, you have to get cheek to cheek with a stranger, not knowing what they've put in their mouth that morning. At the end of the day, if I blow my nose [...]