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Halfway through my first year as an Early Career Teacher
If I had a pound for every time I said 'it's been a while', I’d probably be a millionaire. Being an adult is hard for a multitude of...
Rhiannon Hutchings
Feb 19, 20225 min read
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I'll bring you flowers in the pouring rain...
"People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us." I don't suppose...
Rhiannon Hutchings
May 3, 20215 min read
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On pedestals and idealism
We've all been there - watching somebody with disdain as they flounce about on their high horse. How's this for a plot twist, though:...
Rhiannon Hutchings
Apr 13, 20215 min read
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Sunday night reminders
Tomorrow is a new day. You can wake up and be miserable, or you can wake up and seize the opportunity. The choice is yours. You are...
Rhiannon Hutchings
Mar 28, 20211 min read
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Moving towards a brighter future: habits to keep and discard from the past year in lockdown
Yesterday marked one year since the start of a '3 week' lockdown here in the UK. As of today, 28,653,523 people across our four nations...
Rhiannon Hutchings
Mar 24, 20214 min read
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Reflections on incarceration: Chris Atkins' memoir and lockdown life
I recently finished reading A Bit of a Stretch, the startling memoir by BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Chris Atkins. I liked the look of the...
Rhiannon Hutchings
Mar 7, 20216 min read
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A sneak peek at some disappointed poems
In the future I'd quite like to be the proud owner of several poetry collections. I think it'd be pretty cool. In fact, I've already...
Rhiannon Hutchings
Feb 28, 20212 min read
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On neighbours
Do you know your neighbours? One of the strangest paradoxes about living in a city is that you're surrounded by millions of people and...
Rhiannon Hutchings
Feb 21, 20218 min read
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Love
This is a post about love. There are no violins, no scarlet roses or Hallmark cards adorned with teddy bears or swelling hearts, just...
Rhiannon Hutchings
Feb 14, 20215 min read
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Waste not, want not
There are many cool things about being an adult. When I was a teenager, I looked forward to getting older - not old old, not mouths to...
Rhiannon Hutchings
Feb 6, 20216 min read
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The joy of small successes
I post quite a lot about self-reflection and growth. Essentially I'm just a massive fan of mirrors and plants. Recently, our lives have...
Rhiannon Hutchings
Jan 29, 20213 min read
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2020.
I remember confetti and peals of drunken laughter as we grabbed each other and embraced, skittish and sweaty, overwhelmed at the prospect...
Rhiannon Hutchings
Dec 23, 20204 min read
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On friendship
Navigating your twenties sure ain’t easy. I mean, it’s such a weird period of your life. Exciting, yes, spontaneous, very much so, but...
Rhiannon Hutchings
Aug 14, 20204 min read
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On being an active learner
The idea for this blog post came to me quite suddenly. I've been reading An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green (great book,...
Rhiannon Hutchings
Jul 13, 20205 min read
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On growth
It's Week 13 of lockdown here in the UK. Of course, circumstances have changed somewhat - some shops have opened up, you've got to wear a...
Rhiannon Hutchings
Jun 17, 20203 min read
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Cancelling and condemnation
Ahh, social media. Some may say it's a portal through which we are given the opportunity to reinvent ourselves, to present to the world...
Rhiannon Hutchings
Jun 13, 20207 min read
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Black Lives Matter.
Hi everyone, I hope you are all doing well. I really wanted to address what has been going on recently concerning the BLM movement. I...
Rhiannon Hutchings
Jun 7, 20205 min read
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Weeds
Jo is a woman in love with Lyle Peters. Today she is a guest at his wedding. Jo takes another draw of her cigarette and blows the smoke...
Rhiannon Hutchings
Jun 1, 20209 min read
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My 7-day writing challenge
Hey guys, I hope you are all having a decent week! Seven days ago I challenged myself to write a little something once per day for a...
Rhiannon Hutchings
May 14, 202015 min read
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Daily musings: Writing in isolation during a pandemic
Let me start by saying that this is my first blog post of 2020 and of the new decade. The sun is shining, I'm 25 and thrivin' but...I'm...
Rhiannon Hutchings
Apr 11, 20206 min read
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Daily musings: On creating and chasing your dreams
It's Monday morning and I'm having an existential crisis. Ok, it's not an existential crisis per se, it's more like an overwhelming...
Rhiannon Hutchings
Mar 18, 20196 min read
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Daily musings: On learning and our insane capabilities
Having started a few new jobs recently, I've been feeling the effects of being a little fish in a big pond. That is to say I've been more...
Rhiannon Hutchings
Feb 27, 20194 min read
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Extracts from my unfinished novels | 'The one about a single mum whose twin babies have superpowers'
I know you've probably read the title of this post and gone 'what even?' Reading it back, it does sound a bit wild. But let me explain. ...
Rhiannon Hutchings
Dec 13, 201816 min read
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Daily musings: My love-hate relationship with writing
‘There is nothing to writing,’ Ernest Hemingway once said. ‘All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.’ I have to say, Ernest...
Rhiannon Hutchings
Nov 28, 20184 min read
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Daily musings: Why autumn is my favourite time of year
Ahh, autumn. What a beautiful time of year. The leaves turn a multitude of fiery colours, the nights start drawing in, fireworks light up...
Rhiannon Hutchings
Nov 20, 20182 min read
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Daily musings: How men smell
Fewer things are nicer than a man who smells good. A man that smells good is nice, but a nice man who smells good is even better. A nice...
Rhiannon Hutchings
Nov 17, 20181 min read
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Saying 'F*ck it'
Have you ever been scared? I don’t mean the leaping of your chest at seeing the fat, hairy spider behind your chest of drawers. Or the...
Rhiannon Hutchings
Mar 20, 20184 min read
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Read this if you're on your period
Good day to you, sister. HA. This ain't a fucking good day, this is a fucking awful day. (N.B. I'm currently crying and raging...
Rhiannon Hutchings
Mar 10, 20183 min read
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Goals for 2018
I know it's a tad late but...Happy New Year! I hope everyone has been enjoying the worst month of the year but hey, there is still much...
Rhiannon Hutchings
Jan 21, 20183 min read
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One good thing a day 2017
Hey guys, So last year I decided to take part in a challenge. Ok, it wasn't really a challenge so to speak, but the act of writing down...
Rhiannon Hutchings
Jan 20, 20182 min read
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Extracts from my unfinished novels | 'The Untitled Cinderella Story'
Hello again! I'm assuming you have already read the unfinished novel I posted prior to this and now you're back for more. Which is great!...
Rhiannon Hutchings
Nov 25, 201722 min read
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Extracts from my unfinished novels | 'Agent Plasma and the French Exchange'
Well, hello there! It seems you have stumbled upon a little room inside of my head. Don't worry, it's not as weird as you think; I can't...
Rhiannon Hutchings
Oct 20, 201720 min read
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Some of my all-time favourite quotes
As an English Literature student, quotes and deep meaningful conversations make up a fairly substantial part of my life. I love it - I...
Rhiannon Hutchings
Oct 12, 20173 min read
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Vicky
I was asked to name a place To which I go when I feel sad Nothing sprang to mind Except for a place to which I go when I feel ...
Rhiannon Hutchings
Oct 8, 20173 min read
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Love in the age of consumerism
Recently a friend and I were taking about relationships, which we do often as a) she has a boyfriend of two years and is a great source...
Rhiannon Hutchings
Oct 3, 20175 min read
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Men are like zits
Men are like zits, the big juicy ones. One will show up uninvited and you're like, "really? REALLY?" but actually you can't wait to...
Rhiannon Hutchings
Sep 6, 20171 min read
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Sunset
There’s something very intimate about a sunset. Rays of light cast a divine glow across the world, causing even the ugliest things to...
Rhiannon Hutchings
Sep 6, 20171 min read
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Thinking of You
There's something beautiful about London in the rain What it is I cannot say But grey can be a beautiful colour too And what is more...
Rhiannon Hutchings
Jun 1, 20172 min read
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Film Review of Into the Wild
Into the Wild (2007) is an independent biographical drama, directed by Sean Penn and adapted from a book of the same name. The book,...
Rhiannon Hutchings
Mar 19, 20176 min read
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Mini film review of How To Be Single
I was looking for a romantic comedy to watch the other day and stumbled upon How To Be Single, which I assumed would be a little less...
Rhiannon Hutchings
Jan 27, 20173 min read
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Mini film review of What's Eating Gilbert Grape?
The other day I watched What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? (1993) as I had heard good things, particularly where Leonardo DiCaprio’s acting was...
Rhiannon Hutchings
Nov 13, 20163 min read
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Film Review of Me Before You
Thea Sharrock’s film adaptation of the thought-provoking and heart wrenching novel Me Before You, written by Jojo Moyes, had me giggling,...
Rhiannon Hutchings
Sep 14, 20166 min read
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The Dragon
Recently A match was struck A flame lit up my insides And illuminated my mind. They'd rather see me suffocate, Choke on my own smoke...
Rhiannon Hutchings
Jan 3, 20161 min read
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21
Hold on…you’re telling me that I have been alive for 21 years?! Quite frankly, this fact baffles me. When certain friends tell me that...
Rhiannon Hutchings
Dec 4, 20155 min read
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Her
She was perfect Content The others looked on in wonder Four of them barren, large and clumsy Four of them flustered, puny and...
Rhiannon Hutchings
Oct 11, 20151 min read
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Guilty
'Guilty' was the verdict She had anticipated that answer since the beginning of this treacherous ordeal Tears of agony sprang to her eyes...
Rhiannon Hutchings
Aug 14, 20151 min read
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