Whether you paint, write, design, sew or code, it can be tricky to maintain motivation, no matter how much you adore it. …

On 3rd October, a team of archaeologists from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities prised open a sealed sarcophagus to the delight of a gathering crowd. The slumbering mummy had been resting peacefully for some 2,600 years alongside 59 other sarcophagi. …

There’s a quote I read and loved but can’t recall where it came from. It reads: “Intellectually I understand it. But I can’t seem to make peace with it.” A lot of this year has felt like that for me. I like to solve things. Fix them. Cross them out…

I remember when used to watch films as a kid I’d always get so frustrated when there was some disagreement or clear misunderstanding that remained unresolved and unspoken. Or worse still, instead of allowing themselves to be vulnerable and say how they really felt, the protagonists would refuse. They’d close…

These days feel like one long lesson in realising how complicated things always are. Maybe I’m just getting older, but I sometimes miss the polarity of my teenage years and how absolute and final it all felt. It was black and white even when it felt unbearable. …

As a species we are entranced with stories about near-misses. We love nothing more than hearing about someone who narrowly skirted past disaster. When their subtle, nothing choices or a chance encounter rips them from the jaws of calamity. They miss the boat that later hits an iceberg. …

We make our way across the feria. Pushing through the pools of people collecting at the edges of the fairground attractions, I feel excited and impatient for what’s to come. Everything is loud and lovely. A cacophony of sound and smells descend, and this usually designated carpark is transformed into…

Consciousness. That unanswerable conundrum that taps incessantly on the inside of our skulls. Scientists, spiritual leaders and philosophers have been grappling over this metaphysical mystery since we, well… developed enough self-awareness to argue over the nature of it. And it isn’t just we Homo Sapiens who have long been preoccupied…

TW: suicide It is a thing of beauty to be of service. To show up when someone is at their most vulnerable. You approach a stranger lying in the middle of the pavement surrounded by their own vomit. You begin by making jokes. You ask them how the view is…