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Inner Critic
I was on an acting course this weekend and the subject of the ‘inner critic’ came up. Everyone knows what the inner critic is, it’s the character inside you who says ‘you’re doing it completely wrong, you’re going to look like an idiot, you’re not clever enough, you’re lazy, you’re…
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London to Cambridge Cycle
Sometimes the city can get a bit much. Its proper busy all the time, hot and not going to lie a bit dirty. So who said London adventures had to be constraint to purely London? So at 8am on the 28th July my mate Jess, Tom (her bf), Alice (sister)…
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The Magic Pill Mentality
The magic pill is a mentality that exists in the majority of us. We have an ailment and simply want something to take it away. The irritation is unbearable and the pain drives us to the doctor. The magic pill mentality is a learned mindset formed from childhood watching our…
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A Pavement Sideview
As I was walking to work this morning, I was almost run down by a cyclist bearing a healthy speed down the centre of the pavement. I quickly called after him to ‘stick to the road’ but he was long gone, his presence a mere memory of the whirling dust…
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Traverse Mingle
One Friday the other week I found myself strolling into the Doubletree Hilton in Tower Hill after work, as if it was a regular, everyday occurrence (it’s not, I can assure you) and up to the Skylounge on the 12th floor. Arriving late, not fashionably I might add, just plain…