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Theatre Review | A Streetcar Named Desire, Nuffield Southampton Theatres

March 29, 2018January 26, 201910 Comments

We are thrown into the hot and heady streets of present-day New Orleans; you can practically smell the hot roads, sweat, and testosterone as you are swept through the summer months by a fiercely talented cast as the story unfolds, like clothes peeled from skin, exposing vulnerability and naked flesh.

Laura Jane Williams's book, Ice Cream for Breakfast, on a coffee table with a coffee

Book Review | Ice Cream for Breakfast by Laura Jane Williams

March 12, 2018January 26, 20197 Comments

Ice Cream for Breakfast should be read when most needed, and in delicious, bite-sized chunks – just as you would with your favourite tub of Ben and Jerry's.

Poem | Heading Home

March 9, 20185 Comments

Heading back to my childhood home never fails to make me feel better; so I wrote a poem about it.

Monthly Muses | February 2018

March 5, 2018July 25, 20191 Comment

February was short and sweet, full of theatre trips, cultural events, new podcasts and excellent reads. Find out what I loved the most in my latest Monthly Muses post.

Honest Haiku: Six

March 1, 20188 Comments

The fifth in my Honest Haiku series, published for World Book Day 2018

The Power, by Naomi Alderman

Book Review | The Power, by Naomi Alderman

February 24, 2018February 24, 20188 Comments

Does Naomi Alderman's award-winning novel, The Power, live up to its name?

Monthly Muses | January 2018

February 6, 2018July 25, 20192 Comments

The first round-up of my favourites in 2018; everything I loved in January, from pastry to poetry.

Cup of tea flatlay

Honest Haiku: Five

January 30, 20185 Comments

The fourth in my Honest Haiku series, published for National Storytelling Week 2018.

Book Review | When Breath Becomes Air, by Paul Kalanithi

January 20, 2018January 20, 20188 Comments

This is a book full to the brim with feelings and thoughts. It made me think, tear up, cry, laugh, and wish for more.

Monthly Muses | November 2017

December 3, 2017January 26, 20192 Comments

November is the best month of them all; though we're already in December, I'm looking back at another eventful month, and reviewing my favourite things.

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