Ogres are like Onions

Layers. Onions have layers. Ogres have layers... We both have layers.

Dancing with Myself

When the first auburn leaf of autumn landed on my foot this morning I couldn't help but feel a pang of excitement.

When Opposites Attract

I have had two long term relationships, both guys have been my 'opposite'. One relationship was successful but not the other... why?

How (not) to fall in love

This quote from Louis de Bernieres' Captain Corelli's Mandolin is my favourite "love" quote of all time. Love is a temporary madness, it erupts like volcanoes and then subsides. And when it subsides, you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have so entwined together that it is inconceivable that …

Soul-Crippling Rejection

I finally left university in 2010 aged 22. The UK was at the peak of it's recession, and the graduate jobs market was at an all time low. University had warned us that it would be competitive, but what I wasn't prepared for was the soul crippling rejection. It took me 10 months to land my first …