Breaking the ice The recent privilege of going on a skiing holiday with my mates in the French Alps opened up the opportunity to write about climate change and skiing. It was so peaceful to admire the grandeur of the mountains, which combined perfectly with the hoards of British skiers…

The time when tulips meet As Valentine’s Day approached, it was interesting to see how people related differently to it. …

You can't always play to the gallery I grew up dismissing the importance of art. My parents did their best to bring me to museums and galleries, only to face pure apathy. My only memory of visiting St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City is of spending two hours "accidentally"…

Setting the foundations It was the middle of summer as we sat on a wooden deck with friends, soaking in the sun and welcoming a refreshing breeze from the Loire. After a long evening of beer pong and other highly intellectual activities, my friends and I tend to engage in…

How F1 fell into my lap For the past couple of years, the Netflix algorithm has unsuccessfully tried to push me into watching "Drive to Survive". The show covers everything happening in Formula 1, both on and off the track. Formula 1 has benefited from the "Netflix Effect", with a…

Opening the floodgates for important conversations I've wanted to write about water for a long time. My first prompt was seeing a woman outside of Whole Foods giving bottled Fiji water to her dog. You really can't make this up. Most recently, I spent the summer in France where many…

La vie en rosé For the third consecutive summer, I worked remotely from France. It’s the perfect set-up where I work while overlooking the ocean and finish the day playing beach volleyball. It was also a beautiful opportunity to reconnect with friends and family as I travelled around the country…

What’s all the buzz about? Summer has come, and for some, this can be synonymous with being chased by wasps. Beyond revealing the stoic calm or the deafening screams of friends, the vital importance of pollinators is well worth exploring. Through the pollination that they facilitate, bees play a crucial…

When the law courts with politics If you have been following the news over the past month, you will have seen that the US Supreme Court is royally messing things up, and that is a massive understatement to stay polite. On the 24th of June, it overturned Roe v Wade…