Twexit
I think this is one of the under acknowledged aspects of what went wrong with Twitter. It was not "shouting in the void", it has often...
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HeardinLondon
- Dec 16, 2021
I used to be scared of selling
The thought is that I'm breaking some kind of agreement that I have with you as to why you're following me, or why you are reading my stuff.
HeardinLondon
- Nov 21, 2021
Burnout. Get ill. Cram in all the things I missed. Repeat.
I have long covid and have been spending a lot of time in hospital lately, which has given me a lot of time to think and reflect. Whenever
HeardinLondon
- Oct 22, 2021
Love more
All that hard shit you are going through?
Love more.
The person that is causing all the grief?
Love more.
HeardinLondon
- Aug 22, 2021
How to find love in hard times
In a week filled with hate and horror and fear and anger and finger pointing, it is essential that each of us look for ways out of conflict
HeardinLondon
- Jul 9, 2021
How I made my peace with conspiracy theorists
“Who did you hear that from and who is making money from that article / video / your fear?” Because someone is always profiting from this...
HeardinLondon
- May 20, 2021
How to look confident in photographs
Top ten tips how to look amazing, authentic and confident in photographs
HeardinLondon
- Dec 31, 2020
2020
2020 started off gloriously. I changed time zones, I woke up paradise, I listened to the sound of waves, I climbed rocks, I walked on...
HeardinLondon
- Jul 28, 2020
I am fat. And I do not think it is ok to blame me for suffering with COVID.
It is such an easy little soundbite isn’t it? “Lose weight”. I wonder how many calories there are in soundbite.
HEARDinLONDON
- Dec 31, 2018
2018
I spent five months in plaster and broke six bones. I went back to college. I gave up dairy and healed my agonising periods. I officially...
HEARDinLONDON
- Aug 19, 2016
It’s a date
A needle pierced your beautiful flesh
scoring ink under your skin
to commit your life to another woman.
HEARDinLONDON
- May 31, 2016
If there is anything I can do, let me know
If there’s one thing I have learnt, it’s that it is far easier to decline help than to ask for it. Show up with food. Collect photographs...
HEARDinLONDON
- Jan 31, 2016
A penny drop of freedom
I just had one of those penny-drop moments, where the brick wall I have been pushing against just turned to glass. I have not shattered it.
HEARDinLONDON
- Nov 15, 2015
On flags and indignation and guilt tripping
Facebook is awash with Tricolour faces I have to squint to see, which feels darkly emblematic right now. This morning my mind started...
HEARDinLONDON
- Sep 29, 2014
Where where you when you heard the news?
I feel like I am stealing from another woman in need. And why is that? Because I know there is just not enough for all...
HEARDinLONDON
- Sep 27, 2014
The Tiniest Things
“Did you get any nice presents?” I asked.
“My cousin made me a bracelet” she said, pointing to jumble of loom bands proudly adorning her...
HEARDinLONDON
- Sep 26, 2014
The Fall
For the next time around.
Welcome Autumn.
I am ready for you now.
HEARDinLONDON
- Aug 9, 2014
I doth protest
Don’t go on a demonstration against conflict and then come and bitch to me about how much you hate that bloke at work.
HEARDinLONDON
- Mar 7, 2014
In pursuit of happiness
Happiness is not something to pursue, it’s something to be, to listen to and to act upon.
HEARDinLONDON
- Jun 17, 2013
Conversation Stopper
I’ve just had a miscarriage.
It’s a real conversation stopper, I’ve found.
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