Tag: writing
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Colour and creativity: Odd Orange stationery
For all creatives a notebook is their greatest partner. A close confidant to fill with secrets, mistakes, and unfiltered thoughts. It is a place for contemplation, experimentation, and creation. In choosing the perfect notebook to house all this there much to consider: the size, paper, weight, and design. Luckily Odd Orange has acknowledged all this…
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“How To Be A Sustainable Marine Tourist 101”
Written by Flynn Moore Marine tourism, especially boat-based tours & in-water experiences have been increasingly in popularity in recent years and even more so after the height of the pandemic as countries seek to promote their unique marine environments for “staycations”. Experiencing a country or region and its marine inhabitants from the water is a…
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Dumping digital for the humble letter
Apparently in Victorian London there was such a demand for post that in some areas it was delivered up to twelve times per day. Whilst that might not quite be true today, letter writing, book swapping, and online impulse purchases have all become much more common within the past year. Like many others, I am…
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Kate Bush: Lessons in empathy
Singer songwriter Kate Bush has mystified, and inspired for decades now. Whilst her unique sound, both vocally and musically is what makes her so instantly identifiable, just as notable is her story telling. Each song is a beautiful tale: of a widow attempting to contact her dead husband; a grieving mother who’s son is killed…
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Podcasts to keep you company (and ease your creative constipation)
It’s easy to feel lonely right now, the deafening silence of isolation echoing throughout your lonesome home. But fear no more, your four legged friend is no longer your only companion. When I’m alone and need to feel a sense of comfort I can always rely on a warm cup of coffee and a good…
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Sleepless dreamer
I’m not sure if I suffer from insomnia. Maybe I can sleep but I just don’t try hard enough. Maybe I need to actually just lie down and close my eyes for longer than five minutes, than rely on a singular cup of green tea to aid my sleep. I guess I could just be…
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Home
Home, a four letter word, home, something outside of a physical context— there is no direct phrase for “going home” in German, there is “gehen nach Hause” or “gehen zu Hause”, both meaning something like “going to house” but it’s more abstract than that, because lately I’ve been nach Hause gegangen to see you with…
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British in Berlin-English privilege
Before going to Berlin I told myself I was going to learn German, even if just a few common phrases to be polite if nothing else. But as I came closer to my trip I’d failed to learn a single word. I may have ceremoniously downloaded duolingo and had a flip through my school German…
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British Bombs: The antiwar anthem of a generation
British bombs is the new politically charged antiwar song by indie kid Declan McKenna, tackling Britains role in the Yemen crisis. The song questions Britains sales of arms to Saudi Arabia, and its involvement in a war that Unicef describes as causing “the largest humanitarian crisis in the world”. “And we’ll remember the dead, so…
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Up-dating Modern Romance
I don’t know about you, but the pressures I feel as a young person in society seem to be forever growing and breathing down my neck until it becomes impossible to sweep them aside. We need a solid career path that brings financial stability as well as actually enjoying our jobs; we get deemed ignorant…
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