The Romantics in life and after death
For once, it should have rained. After all, what trip to a cemetery is perfect without grey skies and weeping clouds? These were the thoughts running through my mind while…
Show me your idol, and I shall know who you are
Who is your idol? Who’s the person you seek in need of advice and support? Perhaps it’s a family member, a friend, or a mentor-like figure. Many young people instead…
Unwrapping the history of Christmas
Christmas, everyone’s favourite holiday, has its roots deep in our history. Although it’s celebrated as the birth of Jesus Christ in Christian culture since its dawn, it has taken the…
Shirley Jackson on the horrors of womanhood
Picture this: someone sitting at a desk, a cigarette hanging from the corner of their mouth. Eyes alight, skimming through the words stamped on a sheet of paper fitted between…