Ibiza – Not Just a Party Place
Believing the end of the world is nigh is deep in the thoughts of every generation: The Rolling stones busted out ‘Gimme Shelter’in the 60’s; Elvis…
What a Marathon Taught Me
It was during Paris fashion week in October 2008 that I was triggered into despair and body obsession. I imagine that 90% of people at Fashion…
Quitting the Cigs!
A year ago today I gave up smoking. Finally. I was one of those vehementally anti smoker kids, mainly because I felt that smoking attributed…
Labels & Boxes & Love
Normal. What is normal? What I see as normal maybe very different from what you see. For most of my life I never felt normal, but…
Laila & Liza
On my travels I often meet kindred spirits. It makes me a little sad that they will only ever remain in my memory. I arrived…
The Rugby Portobello
I felt shock, disbelief, sadness and anger as I stared at the TV in my Mumbai hotel room. I watched the Grenfell Tower as it burned…
T’is the season of Love. Actually.
It feels like ‘Love’ is a buzz word more than ever right now. Thankfully. Which implies perhaps, there is a Love deficit, which we are…
STATUS UPDATE
The recent months I have felt writers block and general resistance to getting started on with anything ‘new.’ I thought that nestling back into ‘reality’ (stupid…
VARANASI
Jaw dropping at every turn, this is India at its finest! Cows, stray dogs, rickshaws, tuktuks, motorbikes, relentless car horns, bicycles, taxis, people, it’s a miracle…
Mother Teresa, Calcutta
The first couple of days my eyes welled with tears as I imagined in my mind why each one of these little souls for whatever reason…
