Self created playlist of music for lazing on a bus or long journey to. A mix of Wolf Alice, Jesse Malin, Diet Cig, Los Campesinos! Maggie Rogers and loads more. A brief description of why I love each band and how music is good for the soul.

7 of the best podcasts about culture (on Spotify) THE ALLUSIONIST: A PODCAST ABOUT LANGUAGE (Helen Zaltzman), GETTING CURIOUS by Jonathan Van Ness, HALFCAST PODCAST by Chuckie, Poet and team. WITHOUT FAIL by Alex Blumberg. WHAT'S THE TEE? (RuPaul and Michelle Visage)

The #brownupyourfeed trend might sound clumsy, or like virtue signalling, but taking up the challenge has brought me joy, it might do the same for you.

Book Review: The Salt Path, Raynor Winn. A detailed and personal account of reading this travel story by a female writer.

Got Your Tongue? Is a series of pieces that challenge me to think more than “cute” about a creature, and to research about them instead. Writing in the first person is meant to improve the empathy we feel when reading, so I’ve decided to just act as if I am a goose and hope it resonates with you better that way too. I feel strongly about the damage we are inflicting on our ecosystems and this is my tiny contribution to trying to work out how we can do better.

Terrapin Got Your Tongue? Is a series of pieces that challenge me to think more than "cute" about a creature, and to research about them instead. Writing in the first person is meant to improve the empathy we feel when reading. A creative honest written blog about terrapins featuring in Roath park in Cardiff.

Canterbury Cathedral is in Suspended Animation: A Syrian Refugee exhibition installation at a time where Teresa May paid Calais to further house the refugees in the French camps.

The love locks tradition, Cologne & Paris: So what if it's passé? Blog written by Kelly Keegan about the history of leaving love locks and the importance of the feelings.

It's about this time of year, from the interim of Christmas day to NYE and beyond into January, that the 'slump' begins. Often, we have spent beyond our means, rushed around trying to fit in lots of things and taken up a chunk of our holiday days.

The quicksand dread of going back to work and needing to pack away all the Christmas decorations sets in. Plus, January, as a month, seems to have become the lynchpin for abstinence campaigns!

I sincerely believe change comes when you empower people, not when you ridicule or dismiss them. So, here are 5 nature and wildlife accounts that I follow on Instagram that are constantly informing me on the wonder in our natural world and the ways in which we are threatening/improving it.

Are there any accounts you follow about the natural world, or wildlife, that educate, entertain or soothe you? Drop me some suggestions below. Remember, Sir David Attenborough wants us to respect our planet, so let's pull together on that matter.

The Abandoned Acropolis Mall: Mexico City, a photo gallery and discovery of an abandoned mall in Mexico.
We didn’t anticipate that a throwaway conversation about my interest in urban decay, and abandoned places, would lead to an invitation to “explore” Acropolis, a crumbling mall, but were immediately game. With a name taken from the Greeks, conjuring visions of grandeur and stone pillars obliquely linked to shopping, who could resist?