I really went into 2021 thinking that it couldn’t get any worse and somehow I had a worse year than 2020. I feel like my life shrank, smaller than it has ever been, and I had honestly expected it to get a little bit bigger with the introduction of vaccines…

I never really liked Friends. I watched it occasionally when there was nothing else on TV, but for some reason last year I decided I would see what all the fuss is about and watch it from the beginning. I thought the first season was terrible, and it probably peaked…

**11 I’ve been exiled to my apartment for the good of the realm since I got back from the US. Someone tested positive for coronavirus at NICAR and I took the advice from 111 to self-isolate and wait for a test. I can only assume the test isn’t happening —…

I’ve written on here before about what it’s like to be a deaf person in a newsroom, but it occurred to me that it might be helpful to write about what colleagues can do to help make their deaf colleague’s life a bit easier. The most interesting thing about being…

It’s been a long while since I wrote one of these! …

I suppose I ought to start by saying that there are two things about me that I have come to realise are pretty reliable: My love for cats trumps anything else including my own safety Every single trip I go on, I come back with A Story or stumble across…

I haven’t written regularly because, frankly, it would be incredibly boring for me to detail all of my runs (which do the exact same route) or bike rides (again — I’m a stickler for routine so I only have one route I know and do while I build my confidence…

I started out writing these notes with the intention of doing walks around Cardiff and exploring different areas. …

Hello. I’m Soph. I’m documenting different walks and bike rides around Cardiff. Please read the introductory post (and first two walks) to understand why. My third walk, the Roald Dahl Pilgrimage, is here. On Wednesday I took it easy on the walking because I knew I was going to spend…