It’s the dream, isn’t it? To live a wild and free life. Most of us feel a yearning in our heart that is the call to the wild. To create a life of freedom. Who, deep down inside, doesn’t want to be free? By freedom, I mean free from anything that isn’t in alignment with […]
Chinese Panda Breeding Centre Is A Ray Of Hope In The Land Of Animal Cruelty.
In 2005, I travelled throughout China or should I say that I fumed my way throughout the land of the rising sun, on a two-month trip to the country. I’m a traveller who has learnt to live and let live when experiencing other cultures, yet the appalling treatment of animals in China wasn’t something I […]
Western Privilege. Does A Fish Need A Passport?
I recently wrote about the consequences of my country’s quest for world dominion under their patriarchal system of rule in a post, I’m British & White. I Apologise For My Country In Every Land I Roam, Western privilege is one of the consequences that still plays out today. Western privilege is a subject that doesn’t […]
I Don’t Want To Live In A World Without The Wild. Do You?
Back when I was a girl, I lived in a town close to Manchester in the UK. While my school was in an urban area, it was close to a large green space called Tandle Hills. This large patch of wild was the perfect antidote to living in a town, giving the residents space to […]
Will The Coronavirus Stop The Yulin Dog Meat Festival This Month?
I spent two months travelling around China in 2005 and was appalled by the way that all animals were treated in the land of the rising sun. Fortunately, the Dog Meat and Lychees Festival held in Yulin in the Guangxi region was not in existence in 2005, but I saw live dogs in cages and […]
We Need To Talk About Western Privilege.
As the world continues to shift and slide, as long-standing issues come to the surface to be healed and released, the current global crisis relating to racism should hopefully lead to society tackling other important issues. Western privilege being one of them. For those of you fighting the good fight against privilege, have you considered […]
Wearing A Mask Makes Me Feel Uncomfortable. Here’s Why.
The coronavirus crisis has affected my adopted homeland of Portugal just the same as most other countries, especially as we are so close to Spain, one of the hardest hit by the coronavirus. While I’m from the UK, I’ve lived in southern Europe for the last eight years. We were one of the first countries […]