Spring Blues and Recap
Who has two thumbs, is still unemployed, but has moved out of the familial home into a completely new city, and the only thing she has managed to do so far is sign up for…
Winter Recap
For consistency, were looking pretty good as it hasn’t been half a year since my last post. I’ve been thinking, and have decided, the best way for me to recap my reading into manageable chunks,…
2026
So, we’re unemployed. Honestly I started this post a while back and then the unemploy-ening happened so the direction of this shifted – This isn’t going to be one of those pity party posts. It…
Well hello
It feels oddly surreal writing on this blog after so long. A lot has changed in the almost 6 years it’s been since I committed to a published post here. We’re ever closer to the…
Book Review: Pachinko – Min Jin Lee
I know I mentioned in my post New Reads, that I was going to complete a book review for The Vegetarian by Han Kang, but my grandma recommended a book for me to read when we…
Assess the view that self interest can only be realised in the context of a virtuous life.
Philosophers who argue that morality is constitutive to self interest are taking a stronger position than most contractarians because they are claiming morality is not simply sufficient for self interest, but it is jointly necessary…
Short story made from boredom – Based off Castle of Otranto
“She pushed her frail and weakened body through clusters of white lily bushels. Red scars left on her dirtied white skin, paled by the florescent moon up in the twilight sky. Her breath quickening, her…
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