Five Good Things - 06 March 2026

Dropping by to share a few of my favourite discoveries this week

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Sweet times with my sweet niece in Paris on Wednesday 🥖

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Good Entertainment

The Brit Awards really smashed it this year, with an eclectic and all-star line up. While I believe Björk and Rosalia snagged the most talked about moment, I was especially excited to see Ghostface Killa live with Mark Ronson. I grew up on MTV and “Oooooh wee”.

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Good Day

Yesterday I spoke at the International Women’s Podcast Festival, which is run by Content Is Queen. The whole day had such brilliant energy - women of all ages and stages buzzing with ideas and expertise. My talk was specifically on Side Quests and how to make time for your quests.

To prep for my talk I hosted some friends for lunch and did a run through of the talk. With their feedback and responses, I then made some adaptations, and did a second run through with my sister.

“It takes a village”.

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Good Podcast

Enjoyed this conversation from Deep Read | Phoebe Lovatt with Annie Kreighbaum for it’s touch of nostalgia, and editorial insight:

“If you try to make the creative process efficient, then you lose it all”

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Good Music

Also listening to the playlists and mixes by Délicieuse Musique - start here:

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Good Style

Loewe has been leading it for a while now in digital presence and curation. I really love this embracing of yellow and am looking forward to seeing what rolls out of the Paris FW presentation today.

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Michaella Parkes and I have announced the first WritersIRL meet up of the year will be taking place on Weds 11th March at One Eighty One, right by Highbury and Islington Station. Tickets are £7.50 and include a free drink.

My new weekly podcast The Side Quest is now live on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, with this week’s guest being DJ and Radio 1 Presenter Jess Iszatt.

That’s all homies see you next time x

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