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Who doesn't feel relaxed hearing Stephen Fry's voice? Especially when he's lending it to JK Rowling's Harry Potter. There's something about hearing a story being performed that makes me feel completely calm. And it seems I'm not the only one. The...
"It's not that I don't love him. Just the thought of sex, after work and everything. It's just unappealing. Obviously, I feel guilty - I know he wants to have sex. But, it's like that part of me has switched off. I'm twenty-seven. I feel like there's something wrong with me."
The 2nd of the month was a date I dreaded. Because, by the 2nd of the month, I'd normally have spent my entire salary. I might not need, or even particularly want anything, but without fail, I would find myself wandering around H&M, Topshop - simultaneously browsing ASOS, looking for something to buy.
As someone who has never really engaged with Love Island, Caroline Flack was an ambivalent personality to me. I'd caught snippets of her life, from the cheery presenter on The Xtra-Factor to her public, and tumultuous, relationship with Harry Styles. I knew of her presence on Strictly and her more recent troubles with partner Lewis Burton.
'I feel like I've lost my mind. Every single noise sets my heart racing. In the day, I feel safe, but, as soon as it gets dark, something changes - I can't breathe.'
There's a power in sleeping through your alarm, especially if you're female. In most business interviews with successful people, there will always be a question that’s along the lines of ‘well, how do you do it?’ Whilst this question is asked to both genders, predictably the answer will be something like ‘I get up at 5am in the morning.’ And more often than not, this is sold to women as 'the way they can have everything'.
As someone who watches a lot of films, I read a lot of reviews. As soon as the credits begin to roll, I instinctively paw around the sofa for my phone before spending the next half hour absorbed in any commentary I can find. And I'm not alone.