Right, let’s be honest. Nobody wants to spend their February sitting on a cold bathroom floor. But if you’ve looked at the news recently, it feels like half the UK is doing exactly that. We’re currently in a proper mess. Between the “Cape Verde” bug coming back in suitcases and a massive scare over baby […]
You know those nights when you open Netflix “just for a minute”, then look up and realise you’ve been scrolling for nearly an hour? Your takeaway’s cold, the trailer autoplay has looped three times, and you still haven’t picked anything. It’s ridiculous, but it happens all the time. Too many options, not enough patience, and […]
I was in the “Fast Track” line at Heathrow last Tuesday, holding up a digital boarding pass that refused to scan, while a self-service coffee machine behind me hissed like an annoyed cat. The woman next to me was feverishly tapping her phone, attempting to cancel a grocery delivery that was supposed to arrive three hours early […]
It was 2023 and a rainy Tuesday night, and I was sitting in a cramped London flat scrolling through Netflix. I encountered a show about a bloke in a basement, waiting for the phone to ring. I didn’t expect much. But then that phone rang and suddenly I was three episodes deep at 2 AM. That’s what […]
Look, we’ve all been there. You scroll through Netflix for 40 minutes, getting increasingly angry, and either finally settling on something you’ve seen three times or, back in the day, having to just give up. It’s January 2026, and it’s just after Christmas; you’re skint after Christmas, and you just want something decent to watch. Simple […]
My mate James got promoted last year. Senior partner at his firm. First thing he did? Rang me up asking which car he should get now that he’s “proper exec material.” I laughed. Told him half the senior managers I know drive three-year-old Skodas while the junior consultants lease brand-new BMWs they can’t afford. But […]
