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A little unexpected milestone... I only run to maintain my fitness and clear my head, but the other day I ran - (what I believe to be!) my first sub 30 minute 5K. It wasn't really intentional, I was running along listening to my music and my tracking app blurts: 3miles, 28:49. Albeit 5K is…
I have noticed that I have a large international reader base and having a wider audience is a great way to connect around the world, yet the British culture is full of mannerisms, subtleties & unwritten social rules that I thought it would be fun to list 10 very ‘British’ things that exist in British…
Continue reading ➞ British Mannerisms: 10 things only Brits will understand
Often as human beings we are concerned with just our selves, our well-being, relationships, careers and simply what we're doing later at 4pm. But when I was compiling this list, and stopped to reflect on the great things in my life, the people, places and things I'm grateful for it reminds you that life ain't…
Here are my top 5 places I would love to visit and explore, either solo travel or backpacking with a friend. So here it goes... I have always wanted to visit New Zealand ever since I was little, and my brother and I have tried to persuade my parents endlessly to take us, but it…
I know my University series has been vastly spread out, but York makes the third in my list of choices for next year, with an interesting modern literature course and not too far from home. A bit about the city: The city of York although touristy, albeit we visited on a sunny Saturday, was a…
Over the course of the summer, I set an aim to retain some of my fitness from cross-country and so have kept up running and cardio interval training, (so I can still eat all the ice cream I want to!) But on a more serious note, running gives me space and time to be in…
Labour will scrap university offers based on predicted grades Angela Rayner: Labour Secretary of state for Education With A level results day tomorrow, and GCSE results day the week after, for some stress levels are high and I still remember the nerve-racking drive to pick up my GCSE results only this time last summer. However…
4 days ago, I returned from Nova Scotia, Canada where I spent 10 days with my family on a fly-drive holiday around Nova Scotia. The landscape and surroundings were beautiful, yet vast expanses of empty forest and straight highways. The thought of completing a 3 hour drive to meet your friends or go to work…
16-32 squares | 25 mins prep | 27-35 mins cook INGREDIENTS 185g unsalted butter185g best dark chocolate85g plain flour40g cocoa powder 50g white chocolate50g milk chocolate3 large eggs275g golden caster sugar METHOD: Cut the butter into small cubes and tip into a medium bowl. Break the dark chocolate into small pieces and drop into the bowl. 2. Fill…
I always enjoy reading what people are loving at the moment and what products they swear by. So if I was to do a full-face of makeup for the day, this is what I would do – but most of the time I just stick to concealer, eyeshadow, mascara and lip balm. Skincare The most…
Gender Inequality: prize money Whilst the UK widely accepts and acknowledges that more should be done to promote women’s sports, sexism is still prominent in the competitive sport industry and this works its way down all the way to local level sports. Insure4sport[1]conducted a national survey regarding men and women in sports and the results…
As teenagers we are trapped in limbo, neither children nor adults. An excruciating mix of vulnerability and potential, which by turn engages, inspires and alienates adults. Trying to manage all of that intensity and to keep from feeling crazy, we all need some kind of outlet, whether it be someone, something or just you and…
Life of Becky 