New Year, Fresh Start
So, as you can see, my writing’s been a bit ‘on hold’ so far this year. I’m two weeks into a brand new job with a brand new employer and
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Old Old Fashioned
My first boyfriend and I used to write to each other while he was away at university in Swansea. We started writing letters as friends, hooked up one time when
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The wanderer returns
When I decided to stop updating this blog back in February, it was because I was feeling thoroughly uninspired. I didn’t know what I wanted to write about any more
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Goodbye from Rarely Wears Lipstick
I was trying to write over the weekend and have realised that I’ve been treating my blog like a friend you always cancel on. I keep making plans that I
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Wonderful websites that changed my reading habits forever
When I gave up reading women’s glossy magazines in my 20s, it was partly because I found very little of interest to read in them any more, and it was
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Help me find my blogging inspiration!
I’ve been blogging for 15 years now, and have covered a variety of different topics over the years. What started as an online diary of sorts back in 2003, became
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Fashion Studies: Writing reviews for academic journals
Before being asked to write a review of a fashion exhibition for an issue of a journal that my course leader, Shaun Cole, was guest editing, I had no idea
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Creative Writing: Revenge in the Garden
The Doctor stepped out of the TARDIS and heard the crunch of gravel underfoot. This was not the destination he intended, but it rarely was. That was half the fun.
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The life of a part-time blogger
Not all blogs are created equal, but they are often viewed as if they are, without any thought to the status of the person doing the blogging. Not status as
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Creative Writing at Central Saint Martins
At the start of this calendar year I decided that I wanted to learn something new. I’m a sucker for a good evening class and love to have an outlet
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