Your money or your life! It’s a stick up! Okay I am no wild west, gun toting bandit but I am definitely aware that times are changing. With the pandemic …

This photo needs no explanation. I met Amy Winehouse on 2 seperate occasions. The first time, I picked her off the pavement in Highgate, late, one sunny afternoon. The second …

I have always been into fashion and it been my constant since I got my first fashion retail job in 1996. Yep I’m grown. However, something i’ve noticed during the …

It was a cold December morning in Wuhan and a young bio-chemist was just waking up to the breaking dawn. He was tall, around 6 foot 2 inches with a …

This month marks Gay Pride Month and we are also in the middle of the global Black Lives Matter movement. Both these movements are about the rights that so many …

With all that is going on at the moment it is easy to feel overwhelmed with the news, fake news and other people’s views. But the best thing about free …

I’ve been in 2 long-term committed relationships but have found myself dating for the past 9 years. Online dating has it’s fair share of disasters but given the sea of …

Now more than ever it’s a great feeling to be at home. Where before the global lock-down we all had elements of F.O.M.O (fear of missing out), constantly on the …

Nothing stops you shopping for clothes faster than a pandemic. I have slowed in my clothes purchases and wonder whether I will ever care enough after this is all over? …

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