What does “wellness” mean to you? Avocado toast and sunsets on Instagram? Fitbits and mindfulness apps? Maybe it’s a silk eye-serum formulated according to the ancient art of numerology, as… Read more ‘She massaged the inside of my nostrils’: The bizarre world of modern wellness treatments →
If there’s one thing guaranteed to mess with anyone’s sense of wellbeing it’s uncertainty. And it seems to me that these are especially uncertain times. As I walked over Battersea Bridge… Read more In times of uncertainty, can we find solace in the shape of the water? →
What did you want to be when you were a child? A police officer? A doctor? A dancer? A superhero? And how did that plan work out? Are you reading… Read more You can’t ask me that: Have you left it too late to find your dream job? →
Over a few glasses of wine one evening, my friend Jenn asked all the people around the table: “If the answer is six, then what is the question?” “Six?” someone echoed.… Read more You can’t ask me that: How many lovers have you had? →
Shamima Begum was just 15 years old when she ran away from home in Bethnal Green with two school friends to join the so-called Islamic State in Syria. There she married… Read more You can’t ask me that: Can people change? →
“What did you have for breakfast?” is the sort of neutral question that doesn’t seem like it should be difficult to answer. For that reason, it’s often used by sound… Read more Why the question ‘What did you have for breakfast?’ can be a hard one →