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Here’s to the new vegans

Today marks my three year vegan anniversary. I can’t believe it’s been so long since I made the best change to my life. Veganuary has started, so it’s the perfect time to share a few tips I’ve learnt along the way.

1/ Start off easy

There’s a lot of vegan food inspiration plastered across instagram, like açai bowls, raw salads and insanely elaborate recipies (I still don’t eat any of this). Don’t…

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SUDS - Evergreen

SUDS – Evergreen

Suds are blooming with their new track Evergreen. The Indie-pop quartet have sprung into action with their debut single, arriving on the 2nd of December.

The up and coming band from Cambridgeshire are very new to the scene, but have already played local gigs at The Met Lounge, and been featured on the BBC Music Introducing station for Lincolnshire.

First impressions when hearing Evergreen is that…

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Support your local animal charity

Support your local animal charity

Being against animals in captivity doesn’t mean you always have to miss out on seeing your favourite animals, there are hundreds of local conservation organisations you can visit, run by people who are passionate about animal welfare and environmental conservation, and not just looking to profit from greed and exploitation.

Not only is this allowing you to see animals up close and personal but…

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The Nun: Review

The fifth and highly anticipated movie from The Conjuring‘s series, The Nun, added to James Wan’s ever-growing producing list, as it opened at the box office early September.

Featuring Taissa Farmiga as Sister Irene and Demián Bichir as Father Burke, the pair are sent to investigate the recent unusual happenings at a Romanian Abbey, where they cross paths with the malignant spirit we first met in…

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to be grateful...

to be grateful…

At the beginning of 2018, every night I started writing a list of 3 things i was grateful about that had happened over the day. This ranged from fun things I’d done, something great for dinner, things i’d managed to achieve. It doesn’t have to be anything major, sometimes we just sit on the sofa all day bingeing TV shows, but there’s always something to enjoy.

I think this really helps with a…

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ripples to tides

can you take me

down to the river

the one that streams

the fastest

watching glimpses of

icy blue

crash over pebble stones

we’ve thrown to skim

over shallow tides

slivers of silver

shining through

and underneath

there may be chaos

but it’s ok;

as long as I’m

with you

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o’ glory days

I cannot remember glory days of youth and love

You tell me dont forgot the warmth of summer’s buzz

not to fear the ache of laughter you let out from deep within

never to question the intentions from wise spirits in the spring

but I can’t compromise on this heart and head of mine

When I look back on the part of me that faded in the wrath

of lies and defeat; it was destruction at its finest

an ache…

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Hourglass

Greying orbs glossed over with unspoken phrases hiding the jumbled thoughts swirling in her mind Everything is numb; Defined as something deprived of feeling or response Defined as something I craved for so long. My aspiration achieved with sharp liquor bottles and cigarette smoke – but everything is not as it seems Be careful what you wish for at the hand of broken mentality, for it’s deceiving…

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cotton bed sheets

some people would say you can meet a stranger and fall in love at first sight i’m not sure i can quite believe those lies like the fairytales we used to read at night under cotton sheets of the greatest forts a shield from all our darkest fears on winter’s days the frayed fabric soft to our skin not softer than his hands on my cheek while we laid beneath the stars at night heated arguments always…

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has social media ruined the gig scene?

For college, I had to interview some people involved within the gig scene in Peterborough – while doing this, there were pretty interesting topics raised about social media’s impact on local gig scenes, and this got me thinking. Basically, the comments were about how now with social media, you don’t have to use events like local gigs to go out and meet new people or find new bands and hear music.…

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disappointing horror movies

As a huge horror fan, I’ve seen my fair share of incredibly hyped and equally incredibly disappointing horror movies, so here’s my list of my most disappointing watches. The Babadook Literally everyone and their mother raves about this movie, but I just don’t get it? I assume the entire movie is supposed to be about dealing with grief, but I just don’t think they portray it very well and it’s…

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strike a match (reprise)

a lit match held the world in the palm of his hand too small to be so angry at the world yet he caressed his way along miniskirts and dirty bathroom walls and as I let him take my hand so careful in the wind i made him promise not to fall in love for in anger he will sin it’s delicate and dainty yet so powerful within who would have even thought to seek out demons he loves to keep in i heard it…

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3 simple, quick, vegan meals

3 simple, quick, vegan meals

Here’s 3 of my favourite quick and easy vegan meals, to give anyone some vegan cooking inspiration, for if you’re like me, and are proper lazy and enjoy easy food. (And these are proper proper basic, so there’s no excuses lads) 1/Stuffed Mushrooms Ingredients 1/2 cup of Couscous Handful of your Filling of Choice – Cabbage, Leak, Tomato, Peas, Sweetcorn Spices 1 Portobello Mushroom Flavour the…

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life after death 

Something I think about a lot if life after death. Now, my initial thought, and the thought I’m 99% sure is the correct one, is that when we die, we die. There’s no sunny fields and welcome hugs, you’re just, dead. And, although this is what I realistically think happens – I’m constantly finding myself being a hypocrite, and going against my own word. For example, I believe in spirits, but how do…

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2017 music & movies favourites so far

2017 music & movies favourites so far

With already being well over half way through 2017 (literally how?!), there’s already been a staggering amount of brilliant media favourites of mine, I just couldn’t quite wait till the end of the year to talk about; I thought I’d do a half way review or the music and movies of 2017 I’ve loved so far. Music Favourites Mallory Knox – Wired The latest music from the Cambridge bunch is absolutely…

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songs of the week #4

songs of the week #4

Ok, so it’s been a while since I did a songs of the week post, but I honestly hadn’t been listening to anything new. My favourite track from the list is Back To You by Louis Tomlinson, I’m sooooooo obsessed with this song atm. https://open.spotify.com/user/shannontreadwell/playlist/5lfkiydcVUMBUk5uJe2Orc  

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shit - i gotta adult

shit – i gotta adult

Well, what the hell – ya girl has gone and got herself a proper grown-up job. I feel like this is such a weird time of my life I’m not ready for, but, am being thrown into; it’s so bizarre to have been finished college for a month now, like I’ve just finished 14 years in education, that is crazy! And now, I’m off to work a Monday-Friday job, where i’ll start paying taxes and and into a PENSION…

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