"The year is 1869. A brutal triple murder in a remote community in the Scottish Highlands leads to the arrest of a young man by the name of Roderick Macrae." Shortlisted for the 2016 Man Booker Prize, His Bloody Project is a innovative and original crime fiction novel. Seemingly blurring the lines between memoir and... Continue Reading →
Inspired by Hannah's last post on avoiding certain foods to help her chronic illness symptoms, here is a dairy free and gluten free sweet treat that's simple enough for anyone to make. Ingredients: 175g icing sugar plus extra for dusting 50g plain flour 100g ground almonds Zest of 1 lemon 5 egg whites 175g butter,... Continue Reading →
I feel like my social media has been taken over by people at Coachella this weekend so for our latest installment of Hear This I've chosen five favourite songs from artists appearing at Coachella 2019. 1) High Horse - Kacey Musgraves https://youtu.be/fbNDJRwXKGc 2) Alaska - Maggie Rogers https://youtu.be/PNWsW6c6t8g 3) Power Over Me - Dermot Kennedy... Continue Reading →
Once the capital of ancient Scotland and the site of many important historical events, these days Stirling sometimes gets overshadowed by Edinburgh and Glasgow on the tourist trail. Stirling is a compact city but it's certainly not lacking in unique experiences for all the family. Here are my recommendations on the best things to do... Continue Reading →
Generating less plastic waste is a big deal right now. People have finally started to realise how harmful single-use plastics are to the environment and every day it seems that a new company is jumping onto the "less plastics" train. Wanting to use less single-use plastics in your day to day life is great but... Continue Reading →
I love listening to audiobooks when I'm in the car or cleaning the house. They seem to make time pass much quicker and a great choice if you're sick of listening to the same music over and over again. Audiobooks can be tricky because the narrator really does make or break the experience - if... Continue Reading →
I, like the rest of the world it seems, have recently jumped on the Marie Kondo bandwagon. I hate clutter but I also own a lot of 'stuff' that I don't want to get rid of, so I'm always looking for clever ways to organise and store things in my small apartment. I love the... Continue Reading →
As a child I devoured Middle Grade fiction for many years. I read my way around the children's section in my local library and then re-read my favourites for good measure. When I graduated into adult fiction I never looked back, until about two years ago. I accidentally bought a middle grade book, thinking it... Continue Reading →
Recently I travelled to Belfast to see Bell X1 in concert and visit a friend who's living there. Despite growing up in Ireland I had never made it to Belfast, and didn't really know too much about what to do in the city. Well, I was impressed! Belfast is a beautiful, small city so it's... Continue Reading →
These delicious muffins are the perfect way to use up those forgotten bananas that are slowing getting browner and browner in your fruit bowl. They are low-fat and don't contain too much sugar so you can totally pass them off as a healthy-ish breakfast! I always double the recipe and freeze some to have later.... Continue Reading →
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