culture
I’m a sucker for a particular scene in a movie when a woman needs to call on her ancestors to banish the past, to rebirth herself or to simply honour her culture. There’s a format. They return to a specific space, or object. They chant in a rising
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Twenty years ago, in my first cultural studies lecture at university, the professor had a diagram on the whiteboard showing an Eisenhower Matrix of race and gender. If you were white, you got a +; if you were male, you got a +; if you were Black, you got a -; if
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Sometimes, the best ideas come when you step away from your usual routine and into a space designed for clarity, creativity, and deep thinking. Whether you're a founder, a solopreneur, or leading a growing team, a leadership away day is the perfect way to pause, reflect, and plan
Monday Muse
I am writing this from a hospital waiting room where I am getting an X-Ray on a sprained ankle. Was this the universe telling me to keep my likkle self still? I just got back from Egypt (Travel Guide incoming) and Malta, which is where I slipped on some wet
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I have just completed six months of deep research into the life of Cleopatra VII and upon reading the final sentence of the Michael Grant biography, my final thought was: wow, my girl Patty really threw it all away for the D, huh? Even within the story of one of
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Cleopatra VII has long been a figure of fascination, but it was reading Michael Grant's Cleopatra that truly reshaped my understanding of her. Far from the Hollywood seductress, Grant reveals a queen of contrasts: a shrewd political operator and a brilliant strategist who balanced Greek sophistication with Egyptian
Monday Muse
Your weekly recommendations of what to watch, listen, wear and do…
beauty
In our pursuit of equality, functionality, and practicality, have we forgotten the thrill of sensuality?
Monday Muse
I'm at that point in my cycle where my energy is low and I wanna take everything slow. Nonetheless, I will be in London this week to interview Pai Skincare Founder, Sarah Brown. This monthly conversation series for The Stack World are always an energiser for me. I
beauty
When I think about the hours spent in beautification rituals, I think about the hours lost in idea generation. When I think about the endless moments spent worrying about my skin or hair, I get frustrated at how much space my image occupies in my brain. Naomi Wolf coined the
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Restaurants, bars, books, walks, your guide to EC1
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Everything I’m reading, eating, drinking, wearing, watching, listening to this month…