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It was a cold autumn day in 2012. I led in bed, my blanket wrapped snuggly around me. My ten-year-old self had the Red album playing in my CD player that I had bought that day. Little did I know the songs I’d be listening to would be recreated nine years later. ‘Red’ had always […]
In Holland, a DJ named Tiësto (Tijs Verwest) had decided to go solo. Before his decision, he worked with a friend of his on a project named Gouryella. They experienced success at the time as their title track entered the top 40 in numerous countries in Europe. However, both were busy on other projects and […]
Shwmae a croeso! Looking for a good day out? Here are the best places to go in Wales. Pen y Fan Pen y Fan, based in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Mid Wales, is the second highest peak in Wales after Cadair Idris in Snowdonia. The mountain contains four walks: the gentle one, the […]
With Valentine’s Day approaching, regardless of whether you or not you will have a date, a cocktail will always go down a treat. These cocktails can be enjoyed as part of your Valentines celebrations with the person you’re seeing. But also, you could invite your friends’ round for a boozy night and impress them with […]
Our society has an ordinary setting for a relationship: monogamy. As we grow and are made more aware of different ways of living through the use of the internet and a more accepting attitude, we are slowly being introduced to polyamory. For those of you who don’t know the difference between polyamory and monogamy, here […]
The 19th of May 2019 was my last day of college, and at the time, I didn’t realise it. There was a short period when all my friends and I thought it was an excuse to have a three-to-four-week holiday, how we were embarrassingly so wrong… I like to keep busy, and like many people […]
Locked in. Isolated. I looked outside my house and it was a ghost town after the first lockdown was announced. The whole process felt so surreal it was almost like a dream- or nightmare. I couldn’t help but have strong feelings of boredom after all the social aspects of my life were cut out. Sure, […]
It sounds so stupid. But the day my jade face roller snapped in two, lying there in my sink, I just thought right, that’s it, the absolute pinnacle. You’re probably thinking why does this even matter? But that’s the strange and funny thing about bad days, you remember all the little details like it was […]
I turned 25 over the Christmas period and one of my birthday gifts was a mental breakdown. I battled with the feeling that, due to Coronavirus, I was missing out on crucial experiences that young people are meant to have. I had a quarter-life-crisis if you will. On reflection, I should be grateful. I was able […]
Lockdown and restrictions on meeting people made my 18th…interesting As someone who thoroughly enjoys celebrating a birthday, when I realised my big 18th birthday would be in lockdown, I was honestly a bit gutted. Every year I plan something full out to do. My original plans were to go to Cardiff with my friends and […]