Getting real with a glow-up
By Erica Crompton I go make-up free most days I’m home and have a lo-fi beauty regime of wash-and-go-without-the-blow! I bathe in the evening, wash my hair, then let it dry naturally over night to save on time and heat-damaged hair. It’s a low-maintenance routine that’s real and has also served me well – I’m […]
Real and authentic connection in a world of filters
By Regina Martin We live in a world that every day feels more and more curated. AI writes our emails, filters smooth our flaws, and social media shouts louder than real conversations so it can be so hard to filter out what’s real. For me, it’s simple: human connection. This picture signifies what matters in […]
Why Seating is Important to Me
by Amanda Nicholson Without the right chair to sit on, I wouldn’t be able to make a living, even if it is only part-time. I also never would have written eight novels under several names and more than a dozen shorter books. I began to get neck and back pain over 13 years ago and […]
My foster brother is real to me
By Caleb Hupfield This is a photograph of my foster brother, who has only recently joined my family, just a handful of months ago. Despite this, he is now a permanent addition to our house. I know it is real because I can remember how he asked me to take pictures of him while he […]
What is real to me?
By Emma Redfern Nature is an escape for me; away from built up, urban environments. Being in a town or city feels exhausting, nothing around me is natural or meant to be there. Going on walks and experiencing nature how it should be is relaxing. I enjoy watching the birds fly past, the clouds dancing […]
God is real to me
By Riya Matharu In a world full of AI and fake news, I think there are very few things that are real left in today’s day and age. Initially, I thought to present an image of my family or a portrait I’ve taken. After reflecting on some of my working images from the project, I […]
A feel for what’s real
By Gemma Abigail I can never tell anymore whether what I am seeing is the truth or whether it is a figment of my imagination, curated from the edited society we have come to occupy. But what I do know is that I have always run and hidden from the answers. I didn’t want to […]
ACCESSIBLE TRAVEL – Hilton Taghazout Bay Beach Resort & SPA
By Erica Crompton We pull-up to Taghazout’s Hilton Hotel in a large, white people carrier and are greeted with a sprawling foyer in sandy-hued marble, thoughtful designer lighting and friendly smiles at reception. Nothing is too much to ask of staff here at the 5-star resort. In fact, we came to view the locals as […]
ACCESSIBLE TRAVEL: The wheelchair-friendly Prague CoolPass city cruise
This winter, Paul, Dan, Coz and I took the flight from a drizzly Birmingham to a colder climb – Prague, the capital city of the Czech Republic. Prague is a majestic city and we discovered the best way to sightsee was the Prague CoolPass cruise along the Vltava River which gives panoramic views of the […]
ACCESSIBLE STYLE
BY Erica Crompton Whether it’s a button-free T-shirt or a velcro fastening shoe, dressing with a disability often needs a little thought. Laces are too fiddly for a single hand, buttons are too. So, I recently handed over my Amazon account to Paul, my wheelchair-wonder boi, and he was impressed with the inexpensive clothes on […]