You might think that as an English Lit graduate, I would be all about reading. A few years ago, you would have been right. The trouble is, I think my degree made me hate reading. When I’ve picked up a book in my spare time lately, it’s felt like a chore. My brain still can’t…
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Lymington Seafood Festival 13th August
Well this post has been long overdue! This past week I’ve just been a bit busy sorting out my home and preparing for the end of my post-graduation unemployment, so I completely forgot about the fun I had last weekend in the quaint little place of Lymington. Now the autumnal weather is returning (did anyone…
Southampton Bloggers You Need To Be Following On Instagram
I’ve lived in Southampton all my life. It is by no means the most beautiful, exciting or progressive city, but it is home. I learnt to ride a bike on The Common, I went to my first ever gig at The Joiners, kissed my boyfriend for the first time next to the old walls. I…
HDL COOKS: Thick and Fluffy American-Style Pancakes
You know you’re starting to reach adulthood when your friends start moving away. It doesn’t hit you until people start graduating from university, and you realise that the temporary exit they made from your life is becoming permanent. Last week, one of my good friends moved out of Southampton and into the capital, and I…
HDL COOKS: Thai Peanut Chicken with Spiralized Sweet Potato Noodles
When I received my spiralizer (a generous Christmas gift from my bestie’s family), I vowed that every week, I would make myself a delicious, spiralized meal. Now, while I definitely haven’t kept that promise, I have more than made up for it in the excellent quality of meals that I have used my spiralizer for….
How I lost my interest in politics, and how Jeremy Corbyn revived it
One of the (few) things I remember distinctly from my politics A Level was the huge problem facing UK democracy – political disillusionment of the youth. Turnout in the 18-24 demographic has been on the decline since the millennium, and with the tendency for older people to produce a higher turnout and be more right…
HDL COOKS: The Cheat’s Goat’s Cheese and Caramelised Onion Tartlet
Okay, I’ll be honest with you. Sometimes I’m a lazy cook. There are just some nights where I want to eat nice food without spending hours slaving away over every last little detail. Especially when there’s baking involved. So when, on Monday, I decided I wanted a goat’s cheese and caramelised onion tartlet without the…
HDL COOKS: Refried Bean Quesadillas with Pico de Gallo
I make a lot of vegetarian food. In fact, at the time of posting, I don’t think I’ve ever written a meat recipe for this blog before. The thing about vegetarian food, you see, is that it’s often cheaper to make, faster to cook, and way less risky to reheat the leftovers of for the…
5 things not to say to someone who had a breast reduction
4 weeks ago today, I walked into a hospital and walked out a kilo lighter. If you’ve read anything else I’ve posted, you’ll know that I have wanted to do this for an insanely long time, and that the road getting here was far from easy. Along the way, there have just been a few…
HDL COOKS: Pasta Sauce with Fresh Tomatoes and Basil
Oh pasta. Mender of broken hearts, filler of empty tummies, staple of many a student kitchen. I was an unfortunate latecomer to the pasta fanatic club (all thanks to my mother, who refused to have it in the house because she associates it with poverty…), but now I am here, sat with a dish of…
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