After today’s casting announcement for the ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ stage play, it seems that a lot of fans are up in arms about Hermione being played by black actress, Noma Dumezweni. I’ve been reading through a lot of the comments and it’s got me thinking about how much the race and general appearance of […]
Today is World Teachers’ Day, a day to celebrate educators around the world. I work in a school, have many teacher friends and am also married to a teacher, so I know better than most what a difficult job it can be. From the outside it seems like teachers have a short working day and […]
I don’t usually delve into the realm of politics on my blog, but lately I’ve been preoccupied with the issue of feminism and its relevance in modern society. I’ve read a lot of articles, blog posts and comment forums lately that have left me shaking my head in disbelief. So I feel the need to […]
My box This year me and my partner decided to take part in Operation Christmas Child, a project run by the charity Samaritan’s Purse. Every year nearly a million children and adults across the globe wrap and pack shoe boxes full of gifts to send to disadvantaged children in Africa, Eastern Europe and Central Asia. […]
The amazing Talli Roland is launching her second novel, Watching Willow Watts today! To celebrate she is hosting an ‘If I Could be Anyone, I’d be..’ party, where bloggers will be posting a picture of their idol and explaining why they picked them. All partiers will be entered into a draw to win Marilyn Monroe […]
I can’t quite believe that the attacks on the World Trade Center happened a whole ten years ago. I had just turned 12 years old. I remember coming home from school and seeing the devestating pictures on TV, thinking it was a new action movie or something, then realising with horror that it was actually […]
[source] I thought I would take time out from Nano to pay respect to our fallen war heroes today. I think most of us know someone whose life has been touched by war, whether it’s a great-grandparent who fought in the First World War or a loved one who is away in Afghanistan right now; […]
What is the meaning of life? It’s something I often think about, but never get much closer to answering. In truth, I don’t think there is one objective meaning for everyone, but that you make your own meaning. You might feel your purpose in life is to help others, to create great works of art […]