Language & Culture
Hey – who are you calling a „senior”?
These celebs are redefining what it means to be in your 60s – and I am loving it —– If you do a Reddit-specific search
16. January 2025
Author: Katharine
Bits & Bobs
Girl boss feminism – what did it ever do for me?
The vision of female success it projected was far too narrow —– 1980s Britain. The age of yuppies, shoulder pads, hairdos that looked like flocks
10. January 2025
Sport & Health
Alcohol & I: a brief history of my boozing
1990 – 2024 —– Scanning the news over the new year, I read that, according to new research by the OECD, more than a third
5. January 2025
Language & Culture
Great Art Encounters – Electric Rider by Isolde Maria Joham
Isolde Maria Joham: a versatile Austrian artist whose futuristic vision was recognised just in time —– The Viennese are known for being a conservative, slightly
24. December 2024
Bits & Bobs
Lily Phillips and her 101 men. I wonder – what was the point?
Is Lily Phillips pushing the boundaries of female sexual freedom – or just publicly self-harming? —– The premise of the stunt was as simple as
19. December 2024
Language & Culture
Midlands dialect and the odd things my mum says
What – you don’t know what an idle Jack is? —– In the great scheme of things, Britain is a small, small island. And, in
15. December 2024
Travel & the World
Random US history facts for the exceptionally nerdy
You can never have enough nerdy information, imho. —– 2024 has been my American year. Not just because I went all-out on watching the presidential
28. November 2024
Language & Culture
Gen Z slang? I’m here for it!
Getting to grips with Gen Z slang – as an elder millennial —– I was born in 1982. I did not grow up with the
11. November 2024
Language & Culture
Great Art Encounters – the Ben Shahn murals in Washington D.C.
Art as activism in a budding world power —– Getting into the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building is an experience in itself. After the strict
5. November 2024
Bits & Bobs
We have all been Saoirse Ronan – am I right, ladies?
The Graham Norton Show clip lasted just 37 seconds, but the truths just piled up —– I don’t have cause to say this often, but
1. November 2024