Before the Coffee Gets Cold

Translated Japanese literature has recently become a lot more popular in the UK book world. Where before, Japanese books about cats either being a metaphor for death or some other difficult life lesson were a rarity, now they come in their masses (and I’m not complaining, it turns out this is exactly my type in

Long distance friendships

I love friendships. I love talking about friendships, and reading about friendships, and dissecting friendships. I love being a part of them and starting new ones. However, inevitably it seems, there comes a point where either I or my friend must leave and move. Sometimes this is due to the nature of our friendship –

Love songs are out

Last month, Boygenius released ‘The Record’. One of the main responses I saw to this was reacting to the main themes. Rather than dwelling on romantic relationships or love, the focus was on friendships. It was easy to imagine the members of the band were writing these songs about themselves. There were romantic moments, gestures

Love Languages Again

If there’s one thing I can regularly weave into my conversations with friends, it’s love languages and personality tests. Maybe even the fact that one of my first posts to this blog was about love languages can attest to my slight infatuation with them. I really identify with my results and appreciate it massively when

Timidness

Over the summer, I took a leap and went to work for a family in Italy. I didn’t know them beforehand; although I knew I was staying with them I wasn’t entirely sure where that was. I hadn’t been told a lot about what I’d be doing, but had been given the umbrella term of

Friends are well worth the hype

My big revelation on turning 24 was that most things are improved by having friends around. This may seem like an obvious revelation, however, I find myself isolating myself from friends again and again for one reason or another. Often, this is due to feeling burnt-out and the only solution seems to be watching films

Teenagers, Troubles, and Irish Accents

Derry Girls has returned to our screens with their third and final series, once again throwing us into the lives of Erin, Orla, Clare, Michelle, and James – five girls (well, one’s a boy) from Derry (again, the bloke is from London) making their way through the turmoil of being a teenager in the 90s.

I’m Not A Podcast Person, But…

Early in 2021, a dear friend of mine told me that she had written into George Ezra’s podcast, and her email had been read out. I was vaguely aware of his ‘George Ezra and Friends’ podcast and yet to discover the ‘Phone a Friend’ podcast. So, despite my bad track record with podcasts, I thought

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Seasonal Friendships

This is a topic that I’ve been thinking a lot about since leaving school, now almost 5 years ago (excuse me while I sink into existential despair about how long that is). I probably will end up writing more than one post on it, as friendships are so complex and changeable – individual to the