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30/04/2017

Sunday Night Broadcasting

Mum is on holiday and I have the house to myself, so I’ve been warding off potential burglars by making as much noise as possible. I’ve decided that this week will be the week in which I learn to cook, so today I made chips and a lasagne. Unless you count melting a bowl and dropping a… Continue reading

Food, Lists

Girlboss on Netflix, Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2, homemade chips, homemade chips are superior to all chips except for chip shop chips, Indifferent Ignorance, Jerry eating cheese GIF, learning to cook lasagne, post holiday to do lists and how to conquer them
01/08/2016

Queuing, Coffee and Stories of Ugly Babies: Seeing Maggie Steifvater at YALC 2016

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Books, Food, G. Way, Internet, July 2016, Paywall

‘The Raven King’ book tour UK, always bring snacks to YALC, book bloggers UK, how do you pronounce Aglionby, how to queue for a queue, Indifferent Ignorance, London Film and Comic Con 2016, Maggie Stiefvater at YALC 2016, visiting Westfield at 8am, what to do when the toilets at Stratford station are out of order, Young Adult Literature Convention 2016
06/02/2016

Stories From the Bathroom Floor

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Complaints, February 2016, Food, Paywall

Blogging101, chronic illness, clean eating, fodmap diet, food blogging, foodie, IBS, Indifferent Ignorance, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, onions
17/12/2015

50 Blog Challenge #1: Spoonie Sophia

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50 Blog Challenge, December 2015, Food, Paywall

50 blog challenge, clean living, food blog, foodie blogs, Indifferent Ignorance, spoon theory, Spoonie Sophia, spoonies

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When I began this blog in 2009, I was a teenager. That’s why you’ll find some posts have been hidden behind a paywall. I was an incredibly different, less eloquent person when I was a teen, so if you want to read the thoughts of that teenager, you can join the No. 1 Readers’ Club for access.

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This blog continues to evolve with me. My favourite topics are books and reading, travel adventures, the extensive works of up and coming rock band My Chemical Romance and the occasional update about my life and work as an author and scriptwriter. I’m also interested in digital minimalism, how we can solve environmental issues and why it’s probably a better idea to make a cup of tea than it is to shout at people you disagree with.

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Food

Sunday Night Broadcasting

Queuing, Coffee and Stories of Ugly Babies: Seeing Maggie Steifvater at YALC 2016

Stories From the Bathroom Floor

50 Blog Challenge #1: Spoonie Sophia