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“Happy Birthday!” Jamie walks towards us grinning, welcoming us into the restaurant where we had our wedding breakfast last year and where we’re eating with friends before my 30th birthday party begins later this evening. Or so we had thought. Aaron walks ahead of me, tension hanging between us, everything still feeling rather raw. I […]

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The Euros 2025

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“You don’t even like football, do you?” I was showing off my new England shirt and explaining that I’d written my company’s group comms last week to encourage my colleagues to get behind the Euros tournament when he said this. Look, he’s not wrong. Well, I like football, I guess. Do I understand the offside rule? No, […]

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26.2 miles again

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I’m hungover. It’s a particularly bad one and I’m a runner. These two things are related, I promise. I’ve decided I’m going to start training for my next marathon. Sorry, this is all coming out in the wrong order. It must be the remnants of rum still coursing through my body getting me all jumbled. […]

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“Another two margaritas, please!”

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Aaron and I spent the last two weeks honeymooning at a resort that we found all too easy to compare to the titular hotel in HBO’s The White Lotus. Most mornings we enjoyed a ginger shot alongside our daily smoothie and a tropical fruit bowl side dish with breakfast that was to die for (I […]

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9/52: The Sun and Her Flowers


Kath's Bookshelf

I am aiming to read fifty-two books this year (which I am also documenting over on my Goodreads account) and, after it taking me two weeks to finish the eighth book of the year, it took me less than one day to read the ninth. I finished The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur last […]

March 15, 2018

Review: My ASOS 4505 Leggings


The Adventures of a Kathlete

ASOS is my go-to site to order new workout gear from so, when they announced their very own fitness line (named ASOS 4505), you can imagine my excitement. Upon release, I headed straight over to ASOS to check out the range and struggled to add just the one item to my basket. I regretfully managed it […]

March 11, 2018

8/52: Lincoln in the Bardo


Kath's Bookshelf

Yesterday I finished the eighth book of the year so far; book eight of fifty-books I intend on reading in 2018 (you can follow my reading journey over on my Goodreads account). Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders was the book I purchased from a bookshop last month; being a lover of physical books, […]

March 9, 2018

Surely Time’s Up?


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Of course we need to be celebrating women all day every day, but there’s nothing like International Women’s Day to help a feminist smile as soon as their alarm goes off. (Well, after snoozing it three times and finishing their second cup of tea of the day.) It’s on days like these when we see […]

March 8, 2018

Three Products for the Sleep Deprived


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For the last half a year I’ve spent my nights sleep-working. Let me explain. For reasons unknown to me, about four times a week, after I get in from work, I go to sleep and find myself in a weird sleepy trance whereby I am “working” in my bedroom. I have previously “pulled pints,” “set […]

March 6, 2018

Snow Day Chicken Courgetti


Kath's Kitchen

Most of the nation is experiencing a snow day; most of us are regretting not stocking up with soup, milk and bread before the Beast from the East greeted the UK. Combined with the desire to not go to the shops and soak yet another pair of shoes and the hunger in my belly, I […]

March 2, 2018

Three Books: For Mother’s Day


Kath's Bookshelf

Since it’s World Book Day (one of the best days of the year for book nerds like me), a book haul is most certainly due. I fell in love with reading back when I was much younger (but not much smaller) and in my mum’s bed as she read books such as The Faraway Tree […]

March 1, 2018

Sweet Chilli Chicken Stir Fry


Kath's Kitchen

When Aaron I cook together, it’s almost guaranteed our finished product will be a carb-based, meaty and mediterranean veg kind of dish. Aaron’s signature dish is no exception. He is a PRO at making any kind of sweet chilli stir fry and we altered his recipe today to make our very own sweet chilli chicken […]

February 26, 2018

Four Alternative Things to do in London


Kathventures

Whenever I visit London there is normally one of two reasons for the trip; to see someone (a friend/my brother) or to go to see a show (the theatre/a gig). While I adore both of these pastimes, London has far more to offer than just this (Who’d have thunk, eh?). Earlier this week I visited […]

February 24, 2018

7/52: The Hate U Give


Kath's Bookshelf

Today I finished The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, the seventh book I’ve read this year. I decided to read fifty-two books in 2018 (you can follow my reading journey over on my Goodreads account) and knew this novel needed to be one of the first books I read. I’ve sat on the sidelines […]

February 23, 2018