2016-05-17 10:43
Harvey Milk, New York City, Summer 1971.Not that long ago, homophobia was an accepted part of everyday life. You may have been called gay at school, but such was the calibre of the playgroun… Read More
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A blog featuring personal essays by writer Christobel Hastings.
2016-02-12 20:58
I hadn’t seen the idea online, or on a beautifully curated Pinterest board. It was a fleeting mention actually, bedded into a small print feature in a supplement that smelt like p… Read More
2016-02-11 16:56
This post was originally published on Gadgette on July 16, 2015Last year, I read a truly bizarre survey from the Office for National Statistics. The report, exploring the wellbeing of y… Read More
2016-01-10 13:50
Ever since the days when The Devil Wears Prada and the high priestess of fashion Miranda Priestly hit our screens, much talk has been made of the realities of journalism. Widely believed to… Read More
2016-01-10 13:48
This post was originally published on The Peachiest. I love the Seventies. That’s pretty much a given for me as a writer for The Peachiest, or for you as a reader if you’ve… Read More
2015-10-25 15:26
I’m not a native Londoner, but if you passed me in the street, I’ll bet you’d take one look at my tramping boots and stoic expression and believe that I’m a naturalis… Read More
2015-09-27 21:42
Daydreamers get a bad rap. Time-wasters, neurotic, unreliable, idle; the list of offences laid at the feet of daydreamers never seems to end. Daydreamers, those people who conspire with… Read More
2015-09-27 21:36
There are many things I 'favourite' when I peruse Twitter, ready for a moment in the day when I can chew over them with more thought.And then there are things which are so important you feel… Read More
2015-09-27 21:35
When I was eight or so, I wrote a letter to Dame Miriam Rothschild, the esteemed British natural scientist. I only knew of her because of my mother's love of nature; and so one afternoon, af… Read More
2015-09-27 21:35
This article was first published on The Huffington PostIt's cool to be kind. And before you say it, this isn't the latest fad that washed in with Scandi-chic, hipster beanies or a side-order… Read More
2015-09-22 17:29
I owe a lot to this book. Over the recent weeks weathering some rocky professional patches, with my creativity running on half empty, the advice in Elizabeth Gilbert's latest work, Big Magic… Read More
2015-06-12 16:06
When I was about seven or eight, I became completely enamoured with a Disney Snow White Talk ‘n’ View Magic Mirror. It was gold, with flashing lights and coloured rhinestones, an… Read More
2015-05-21 21:12
Is there anything better than quitting your job?I ask because it’s a little over a month since I handed in my notice; and alongside getting a brace (expensive but necessary) switching… Read More
2015-05-21 21:11
The early hours of last Friday were not unusual. I awoke groggily, listening to the sound of rush hour traffic crawling down Commercial Road, the patter of rain, the shouts of schoolchildren… Read More
2015-05-21 21:10
Photo: Théo GosselinThis post was first published on The Huffington PostBlue-tacked on my bedroom wall are magazine snippets and colour-pop posters, in the midst of which sits a tiny… Read More
2015-05-05 12:43
Dress: Vintage Calico Casa Shoes: Topshop There are said to be certain clues in a woman’s life that confirm that you are turning into your mother. A turn of phrase or familiar fac… Read More
2013-03-03 00:36
Santa Barbara beachThe start of a new year is more often than not bound with thoughts of clean slates, fresh starts and lists of resolutions. Whilst the opportunity to begin anew and make po… Read More
2012-11-05 17:04
We’ve all had those kind of weeks. When someone enquires after your health and for the sake of hassle, you plump for “great thank you” rather than beat down the poor unassu… Read More
2012-10-12 18:54
The Calico ToileSometimes it is not until something beautiful or revolutionary is delivered unto our consciousness, born from the commonplace, that we will appreciat… Read More
2012-06-21 12:10
Just over a week ago the heart of my beloved capital city beat a little faster as it hosted the annual extravaganza that is Graduate Fashion Week. The charity, founded in 1991 is akin to a v… Read More
2012-06-14 18:29
Two weeks ago I was sitting bleary-eyed alongside my kind, personable morning friend, my mug of tea, as I ploughed through my Twitter notifications; until an excitable tweet from the Fashion… Read More
2012-06-13 22:28
Hardly a day passes when I don't read something related to the struggle of the modern day woman to balance her lifestyle. Today, hidden in some dusty corner on an old USB, I came across a pi… Read More
2012-05-19 18:31
Casual cake shopping in ChinatownPressure manifests itself in funny ways. A twitching vein in the temple here, a glazed expression there, snoozing over the cooker while boiling pasta (i.e my… Read More
2012-04-29 18:10
I feel that I could lecture indefinitely on the injustices of the education system in England if I really got going. And Student Finance for that matter. I also can't think of anything… Read More
2012-04-24 00:51
Having lived and grown up in rural Norfolk all my life I know both the glories and the adversities of living in the countryside. I'm sure we’re all familiar with the myth of… Read More
2012-04-16 22:25
I suppose the tides of my musical loyalties began to turn at the start of 2012. Incidentally, it was also the time when I decided to self-love.After a string of disastrous rendezvous with in… Read More
2012-04-13 22:28
Around Eastertime years ago in the heart of the North Norfolk countryside, the spring sunshine would glimmer pleasant warmth upon that classic English perennial; the primrose. This was a tim… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
This week I was fortunate enough to be featured on Independent Fashion Bloggers 'Weekly Roundup' page. The web links below are a wonderful mix of fashion and lifestyle posts from the IFB blo… Read More
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