Dear London, We’ve been together for FIVE years now. Mad, right? Sometimes I still feel like the helpless mess on week one of commuting life, virtually sobbing in a tunnel somewhere at Bank station as I tried to figure out which exit to take (disclaimer: I still haven’t quite mastered this one). Our union was always a natural one. I studied Journalism at...

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“This is the most relaxed I’ve ever seen you without a gin in your hand,” remarked my boyfriend last night. I was sprawled out on the chaise part of our corner sofa, sweatshirt and comfies on and peppermint tea in hand (I’m not sure where the gin comment came from…) And on the TV? Celebrity Masterchef. An old favourite since youth, when I’d...

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This list was painful to collate. I'm a foodie, see. When I first moved to the big city five whole years ago (it's actually my five year anniversary in a few days time), the thing I was most excited about was the food. The chance to try any cuisine in the world without travelling more than an hour from my front door. The...

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I recently went to a well-known fitness "bootcamp" class for the first time. So far, so normal – although I'm #loyalhun to my beautifully budget The Gym, I do dabble with the odd class here and there (usually when ClassPass have a special offer going...) Boutique fitness classes in London are exactly what you'd expect. The people who attend them mostly wear Lululemon...

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OKAY so technically speaking I've been 26 for a month already, but everyone knows it's way cooler to be fashionably late to the party... right? 26 might not be a huge milestone but I've always been more about celebrating the little things anyway. So here are a few things I've learned along the way as I head into my 26th year: You absolutely don't...

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Before it was us, it was me and my me could be defined by a much smaller group of dishes. A small baked sweet potato with a solitary tin of tuna. An individually purchased salmon fillet. A fun-size bar of chocolate here and there, because I’d never trust myself with a big one in the cupboard. A one-cup cafetiére, that only came out...

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Your twenties are all about change. It’s the period when life’s hamster wheel really picks up the pace. Jobs, happy hours, schmoozing, partners, dinners, picking out new sofas, starting your savings, go go go go. Since graduation day (four years ago), my life too has been stuck on accelerate. The personal, professional and mental have all developed beyond recognition. Which I guess is...

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Cast your mind back to July 2018. England was bloody boiling, it was still coming home (just about), and Brexit was a little more comfortably far off and undecided than it is now. It was also the month where I ticked a biggie off my bucket list: a trip to Santorini. Courtesy of my bloody incredible boyfriend, who gifted me the flights and...

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Remember that episode of Friends, where Monica decided to move in with Chandler? Her and Rachel (her current flatmate) fought as they divided their possessions up, before eventually breaking down in tears when they began to acknowledge how much they would miss living together. #Relatable. For I too am about to embark on life’s next big chapter: LIVING WITH A BOY. Strictly speaking,...

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