Love? Life? Joy!
Someone told me the other day that there was a shortage of red paint in hardware stores in the city because girls were painting the soles of their heels red to make them look like Christian Louboutins. People can fake a lot of things in life. Orgasims, a tan, designer clothes…
Categories: From the Heart Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Yazmin Joy
Last Tuesday evening I underwent a major catastrophe. I had to get to an evening class in central London straight after work and I had no money on my Oyster card. THEN I realised I had left my purse at home. By this time, there was no-one in the nearby area from whom I could borrow any money without begging... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: From the Heart
(Warning this post contains spoilers.) I absolutely LOVE Channel Four’s ‘My Mad Fat Diary’. What’s the show about? In a nutshell it’s about a teenager called Rae who is growing up in the nineties. Rae is overweight and suffering from mental health issues. (Image via) Series one focuses on Rae finding new friendships after time away in a psychiatric unit.... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: From the Heart Love & Relationships Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Poppy Gillian
‘We are such stuff as dreams are made on…’ …declared Helen Mirren, calling upon the word’s of Shakespeare’s Prospero, as she addressed the audience at BAFTA 2014. As I sat in my living room in my pjs shoving popcorn into my mouth, flanked by my housemates, I realized that while the Royal Opera House was only 20 minutes away, we were a... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Fire me up baby! From the Heart Yazmin Joy
This Valentines Day, I had planned an evening at home with the people that I love, but my evening soon went tits-up when we realised we couldn’t find the cat. We searched the house top to bottom, she wasn’t there. She had literally disappeared. We began searching the local streets for our little stray. Although we tried to keep calm... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Animal Planet From the Heart Love & Relationships
Valentine’s Day is almost here. So in addition to the Buzzfeed quizzes, inspirational quotes, and recipes, your newsfeeds are also likely to be flooded with lovey dovey statuses and couples’ selfies. But, aside from the happily taken professing their love, there are also the vocal singles.
Categories: a little piece of joy Erin Johnson From the Heart Love & Relationships
The heart. Muscle. Life-line. Metaphor. Ideogram. Hallmark. The other morning I got the text message. It was a CODE RED, my dear friend, let’s call her Belle*, was having the worst week EVER… On Friday afternoon on Mayfair’s Avery Row three girls assembled in a small coffee shop. One had brought magazines, another had just been called a c**t by... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Fire me up baby! From the Heart Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Yazmin Joy
This weekend I went to a ruby wedding anniversary! It was wonderful to share in the celebrations of a couple who have been a big part of my life and, fat and full after a lovely meal, I and many others looked on as the couple’s children took centre stage to recount their childhood. With 6 children and 5 grandchildren... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Emily Macdonald From the Heart Love & Relationships
One hundred people walk into a bar. The barman looks up and says, “What’ll it be?” I bet you thought that was going to turn into a joke, didn’t you? Betcha did. But no. What I’m about to say is that out of those hundred people, how many do you think will actually click with you? What do you think... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: From the Heart
It’s the start of the new year and, like many of you, I’ve been thinking about all the stuff I want to do in the year ahead. As New Year’s resolutions go, helping others and doing good deeds seem to be high on several people’s lists, myself included. For me ‘helping others’ also includes helping animals. If you haven’t already... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: a little piece of joy Animal Planet From the Heart Poppy Gillian