My first thought was great! No work for up to 3 months! I’ll be sitting around all day under the guise of serving my country! Free lunches! Then I thought about how easily disturbed I am.

We all have things that terrify us –  spiders, street performers in Covent Garden, flying. When I tell people I go on holiday alone they often say “that’s my worst nightmare”.

An old industrial site makes the perfect dystopian backdrop to Germany’s most prestigious dance music festival. With over 20,000 attendees, Melt is fast becoming a global affair.

My love of work drinks began long before I joined the workforce. When I was 14 I made a friend throw a work party at her flat. Everyone who came wore suits or blouses and had a pretend name like ‘Sue from Finance’. I thought it was hilarious.

“People come to Albania and they’re happy to get out alive,” said the President of Albania. “It’s like going to jail and finding yourself in a 5-star hotel.” He’s 6’7, wearing basketball trainers and is addressing […]

We took the early morning train into Reading. I looked over at my sister whose gormless confused look gave nothing away – but that was always the way she looked.

I lived in a theatre commune for the last two years of my young adult life. We produced political work and lived as a community in an industrial suburb in Northern Europe.

The very first thing I did when I started writing this article was call the Latchmere and ask if they still have a wave machine and an elephant slide. And the answer is yes – Wandsworth […]

There’s nothing worse. You walk into the work/house/dinner party and you make eye contact with someone. They greet you warmly. You have no way of knowing if this is a friendly person or if it’s someone you’ve met before.

It was a hot, sultry summer, the summer of Kendrick’s Humble, and I was waiting for a Canadian outside a kebab shop. “C’mon.” A strong Glaswegian accent. “C’mon. He’s focking boring.”

Summer is just around the corner. You’ve booked your ten-day getaway to a sunny spot on the continent. You’ve avoided the school holidays cos you’re not a teacher lol. You’ve bought a nice new hat and […]