Messages
9/20/2020
14 : 34
All I want for the next lockdown is a cat of my own
I haven't really talked about the dreaded c-word for a while. Here in the UK, things are getting quite bad again and it's looking likely that we're going into lockdown again at some point
9/13/2020
8 : 54
Why we should all be doing a little more friendship matchmaking
I've been thinking a lot about making new friends this week after a reader wrote in to ask a question for the agony aunt column. She wanted to know if I was worried about my social life given I
9/6/2020
9 : 9
"I don’t want to be the “missing piece” of someone else’s puzzle"
The other day, I had a really interesting conversation with Franki Cookney. She's a journalist and writes her own newsletter called The Overthinker's Guide To Sex, which is really good. She
8/25/2020
10 : 54
Moving house as a single woman and the lessons I am learning about myself
I've done it! I've officially moved to Shrewsbury and into a gorgeous house that I love. I meant to say last week that this newsletter would likely be late but forgot to mention it. Not only
8/25/2020
10 : 44
Why are there so few films where the lead character is single and actually fine about it?
I am having one of those weeks with this newsletter where I am all set to write something and then suddenly something catches my eye and takes me in a different direction. Yesterday, it was a tweet by
8/25/2020
10 : 41
Why going to Morocco on my own will always be one of my greatest life achievements
Yesterday morning, I wrote about the demise of STA travel while on a news reporting shift at The Guardian (but from home). It was a reflective piece featuring former staff and clients and I suggested
8/2/2020
9 : 29
Being single and living alone can be amazing but let's not forget the mental load
It seems like only yesterday that I was writing to you to let you know I was packing up my entire life, going to stay with my parents and in fact permanently moving back to Shropshire. By the time I
7/26/2020
6 : 34
My second adolescence (by Kylie Noble)
When you read this, I will be camping in the Shropshire countryside with two of my best friends (we have each bought our own tents to enable social distancing!) It's basically my summer holiday
7/19/2020
8 : 59
"I’ve gone this long being single so I don’t want to just get with some wasteman."
Just over a month ago, I did a series of interviews for The Single Supplement which I will be sharing over the next couple of months. The first one I want to share is the one I did with Abiola Bello.
7/12/2020
9 : 16
Pick me, choose me, rent to me
I have had a total rollercoaster of a week and have changed my mind so much about what to do write about. I wanted to write about friendship after being inspired by a few things I have read recently
7/5/2020
9 : 6
How a little taste of freedom made me feel like myself again
Also competition winners announced!
6/28/2020
9 : 26
The single experience isn’t one size fits all
I have been thinking a lot lately about where to take this newsletter and how to make it better. To that end, I had a rocking Saturday night last night reading early issues of the newsletter and making
6/21/2020
9 : 36
All I ever wanted was to wear the "hat of belonging"
If I was much more social media savvy, I would have known long ago that this week is Loneliness Awareness Week and planned some content around it as way to hook onto the conversation and get more
6/7/2020
6 : 46
Single, Black, Female (by Tola Fisher)
I'm really excited to say that for the first time I have commissioned a guest writer to write this week's column. It's been one of my biggest goals since launching the newsletter because I
5/10/2020
9 : 6
When you realise you're not ready for lockdown to be over
The other day in the UK, some of the newspapers were briefed on our government's lockdown exit strategy ahead of our prime minister announcing it to everyone. Either the message was garbled or the
5/3/2020
7 : 36
Everybody has something in them that they are scared about
(And find out how to support The Single Supplement)
4/26/2020
9 : 16
Girl, stand in your own power (and a special announcement)
I'm feeling really nervous about writing this newsletter today. I have been putting off doing what I am about to do for a month now but after getting a few emails from lovely readers and
4/19/2020
8 : 36
Why it's sometimes harder to make big life decisions alone
Although I'm not sure how much I believe in star signs, I do fit all the typical characteristics of a Libra and one of the ways is that I'm notoriously indecisive. The other day I changed my
4/13/2020
6 : 7
Why does living with parents make me behave like a naughty teenager?
I have a confession to make. This newsletter is going out late partly because I've got a hangover. I'm really sorry about that. I wasn't going to admit to this but my good friend Bryony