It is 2pm on my last day in Portugal and I am still in bed, revelling in the hilarity of the 24 hours prior. I…
It’s a Monday night and I’m standing in a bar bedecked with crushed crimson velvet, staring at a phallic mound of vibrating silicone. I’m in…
Photo by Karl Fredrickson. I’m an atheist. It’s never normally hard for me to admit that. But last time I settled myself in a city overseas,…
He was so handsome. Tall with dark chocolate skin and big brown eyes to match. He climbed in the minivan and took the last available…
Following a few blissful weeks of drinking more cheap spirit mixers than water and eating nothing but pastries from some of Europe’s finest bakeries and…
I remember those little details of our first meeting so clearly. The way he stood over our little group, a mix of misfit travellers and…
You’ve finally done it; after what seems like years of post-rave early morning, kick-on conversations, half-drunkenly promising each other that you’ll always be friends and…
Take two steps in Japan and straight-away, you’ll realise that its population boasts some of the nicest people on Earth. They hand out free tissues,…
I moved to Edinburgh after university. Before that, I had efficiently drilled myself down into a hole: wallowing about and wondering why I hadn’t felt…
“What’s it like? You know, being with him. Is it different?” Most of my friends are single. Most of them have asked me some version…
I was leaning against a boulder on Uluwatu beach, watching disco lights and reggae music dance across hanging vegetation and out over the waves. Suddenly…
My eyes were still drowning in the short-term aftermath of separation as I got off the plane. He welcomed me with a smile and a…
