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25th January 2023

The content-ifying of exercise: social media, fit-fluencers, and running apps.

Examining the combination of social media and exercise.

boot-music • 24th January 2023

Discover the new project from Nine Inch Nails drummer Ilan Rubin

The swinging pendulum rhythm, a leaf out of the Rock anthem guidebook, lends itself to live performance; head banging, hands in the hair type stuff.

24th January 2023

Captured Moments of the Past

Archaeological finds that will make you feel weird, warm, or heartbroken.

22nd January 2023

Discover the emotive Norwegian Songwriter Tuvaband

The beautiful poetry and gentle courage is reminiscent of other Indie Folk female artists. Her prayer of "I do believe, I do believe that something good is gonna happen" is both vulnerable and defiant. This makes the track deeply feminine.

21st January 2023

'First Contact: The Cult of Progress' by David Olusoga - Review

The Cult of Progress moves chronologically and cartographically through interactions, trade, nations, and cultural exchange to create a biography of human history.

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17th January 2023

Symptoms, anecdotes, and treatment: Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD)

15th January 2023

"I love you. I'm glad I exist": 'The Orange' and other poems on finding happiness in the precious ordinary

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13th January 2023

Are We Living At the End of History?

As we study civilisations from the beginning of the world, there's the uneasy feeling that we are living at the end of it.

9th January 2023

'Ancestors' by Alice Roberts - Review

Alice Roberts strikes a balance between conversational and informative as she takes a reader through a history of prehistoric Britain using seven burial sites.

14th December 2022

Lana Del Rey's Journal-like Discography

Lana's discography captures place, time, and feeling in a way that only a personal journal can. I look into how her current moment in her discography is forming an audio journal that's scrapbooked by her album art.

11th December 2022

What is Purpose?

Where we find meaning: Does purpose have to be unattainably bigger than us?

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6th December 2022

Starting Journaling

To reflect, remember, and be creative. Easy ways to ease yourself into a journal for 2023.

30th November 2022

A Juxtaposition in Lockdown Entrepreneurs?

I look into how, with little else looking hopeful, a microclimate of optimism and confidence was created for business launchers.

28th November 2022

How Tik-Tok started a Music Renaissance

Songs people haven’t thought about in years, international songs, and completely underground artists are gaining moments in the spotlight that we never could have imagined, and completely diversifying the listening of today.

6th November 2022

Snow Days

Thinking about snow and how it pauses the world to bring out our inner children.

6th November 2022

Summer or Winter? The Pubs of the Makeney Loop, Derbyshire.

6th November 2022

The Paradox of ‘Creating’ Clothes from the Past: How fast fashion is trying to seep into 2021’s nostalgic trends.

A look into the problems that can arise when recreating looks from the past

4th October 2022

Dissertation

2nd December 2021

Sustainable and Useful Gift Giving at Christmas: Down with Toiletry Giftsets!