During or just after a global pandemic doesn’t quite seem like the right time to go swanning around viewing houses and putting cash on the table for potentially the biggest single purchase of your entire life. In the UK, the pandemic has led to severe lockdown measures being implemented and the largest recession of any …
While every couple has those big arguments that can change the course of a relationship, sometimes it’s the little things that can really matter. We all fixate on the biggies: financial problems, the stress of having or trying for a baby, in-laws, differing opinions on the big life stuff… But sometimes it can be something …
Life is a constant lesson. Learning new, valuable skills at home benefits you personally and professionally by making you a more rounded person. We’ve highlighted six great skills you can teach yourself: How to edit photographs How to speak another language How to be a better writer How to do meditation How to do coding …
Michelle Obama. Simone de Beauvoir. Emily Davison. Malala Yousafzai. Angela Davis. There’s no shortage of inspirational feminist icons out there, strong and powerful women who serve as role models for future generations. But for every famous icon, there are twenty less well-known women out there. This article looks at just three of those women. Some …
If you’re anything like this typical 20-something you’ve had your fair share of rented rooms. Moving from one house share to another can feel a bit like you’re trapped in a cycle. One where you wake up surrounded by old, mismatched furniture, bare walls you’re forbidden from hanging anything on and the feeling this isn’t …
You know as well as we do that long car journeys suck. They’re tiring, restricting, and super boring. That’s why it makes such a difference if you can find a few ways to make them a little more enjoyable. We’ve highlighted a few fun things you can do to force the time to pass quicker …
While some of us are heading back to our place of work as the world begins to reopen, there are others who are going to be home a little longer. Whether you’re classified as vulnerable, your boss has decided the entire team will work at home for the foreseeable future, or you’ve decided yourself that …
Long-distance love isn’t easy; we all know that. But it’s worth it in the end when you are finally reunited for good — you’ve survived the long, lonely months without each other, and the reward is that you get to live happily ever after with the partner of your dreams. Right? If you’re going to …
At last count, IMDb lists 1,371 films that have adapted the works of Shakespeare and Ten Things I Hate About You is the best of all of these movies. Gil Junger’s directorial feat beats works by Kenneth Branagh, Baz Luhrmann, Orson Welles, and some other cinematic titans. Frankly, the Bard himself would be pleased with …
Virtually every childless couple and, perhaps to a greater extent, childless woman, has had the “so when are you going to settle down and have kids?” conversation. It’s usually, but not exclusively, some distant relative that you never speak to (and with good reason), and it always unfolds the same way: the smug smile, the …
