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I wore lipstick for the first time in months 💋 And it’s all for a good cause - thank you @avawelsingk for nominating me to wear my favourite lippy for @theststyle’s #KissesForTheNHS campaign. I nominate five fellow lipstick lovers - @melanie_hw_ @tchiprout @mattyelisabeth @kat_cams @elliebirdd. Post a pic wearing your best lipstick (mine is my old faithful, @clarinsuk Joli Rouge in ‘bright coral’) and donate to @we_c_u2020 which will be donating beauty products to our NHS heroes 💘 (and yes I did put on my new @topshop dress especially for this pic, and I’m now back in loungewear)

I have always believed fiction is a powerful way to expand your mind and learn empathy. So in light of the horrific racism we have been seeing everywhere lately (which of course, we all know, is nothing new) I wanted to share some of the novels that have taught me so much about racism and my own white privilege. From the more overt discrimination (like the wrongful conviction in An American Marriage) to the more subtle yet deeply engrained (like the fetishisation of black bodies portrayed in Queenie), I can’t tell you how eye-opening and important it has been immersing myself in these characters and their worlds. Of course, there are countless ways we should be educating ourselves, but I think fiction can be a really useful place to start. I’m planning to read Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie next - please let me know if you have any other recommendations👇

She scoots! 🛴

Happy birthday to my little sister & best friend @elishevatchiprout, one of the coolest, smartest, curliest people I know ❤️ Can’t wait to party, travel, wear matching outfits and give you all the cuddles. Not long, now 🥰 (swipe to see Shev’s baby face predicting the pandemic)

Here’s some good news to break up all the bad stuff - there’s still time to buy the May issue of @redmagazine! We finished this issue before this whole shit-show started, but amazingly the ‘joy’ theme feels so perfect right now. In this issue, I spoke to the amazing @samanthaand_ about how to be happy at work and caught up with @hollybourneya about her *brilliant* new book, Pretending (it you’re after some quarantine reading, I highly recommend it). And I also got to contribute to a feature shouting out my amazing primary-school teacher who inspired me to become a writer ✨ It makes me happy to read this, and I’m sure you’d feel the same ❤️

The photos from @rachelleinwater and @elanneiger’s wedding could not have come at a better time. Missing my family and missing human contact, but at least I have these memories (from the last weekend before social distancing) to see me through 💕

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