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EMILY FROST

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A Flat-Screen Portrait of Modern Life

February 12, 2014

When it comes to television, I am the first to admit that I am hopelessly addicted. Rarely a day goes by when I don’t tune in for at least an hour, and catch-up sessions on 4od and iPlayer have become less of a relaxing pastime, and more a stringently regulated exercise, whereby I have to summon the kind of focus and dedication to the task that I could have only dreamed of during revision for my finals at uni, just to make sure I am up-to-date with every trashy sitcom that happens to be in the midst of a series.

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In Identity, Technology Tags television, gogglebox, art attack, channel 4, bbc, itv, John Snow

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Ten-Day Thailand: Can I still backpack at 26? (Part 3)
April 29, 2018
Ten-Day Thailand: Can I still backpack at 26? (Part 3)
April 29, 2018

The next morning began with a hurried, desperate scramble to erase any evidence of the apocalyptic mess we'd made of our room before we had to check out.

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April 29, 2018
TEN-DAY THAILAND: CAN I STILL BACKPACK AT 26? (PART 2)
February 10, 2018
TEN-DAY THAILAND: CAN I STILL BACKPACK AT 26? (PART 2)
February 10, 2018

The one glaring difference between the nature of my backpacking adventures of yore, and this trip (aside from its duration), was the fact that this time I would be accompanied by an experienced resident of the country in question. This, in my head at least, would mean we could swan about unchecked and fancy-free, chatting, laughing and generally endearing ourselves to locals wherever we set foot, employing a combination of Rachel's insider knowledge and Thai linguistic skills, and my.... general presence.

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February 10, 2018
Ten-day Thailand: Can I still backpack at 26? (Part 1)
December 23, 2017
Ten-day Thailand: Can I still backpack at 26? (Part 1)
December 23, 2017

Backpacking. An entire travelling pursuit constructed around one specific luggage type.

Of course, anyone who has allowed themselves to undertake the dangerously ad-hoc avocation of backpacking, knows that it comprises many more facets than simply the type of bag you keep your crap in. 

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December 23, 2017
Bussing a City Break... Can it Be Done? (Part 3)
June 24, 2017
Bussing a City Break... Can it Be Done? (Part 3)
June 24, 2017

The Berlin bus of bants seemed like a beautiful breeze compared to our outbound journey, and Tash and I were gifted many an hour of calm for podcast bingeing, upright napping and quality chats. 

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June 24, 2017
Bussing a City Break... Can it Be Done? (Part 2)
June 9, 2017
Bussing a City Break... Can it Be Done? (Part 2)
June 9, 2017

The bus to Krakow was, thankfully, a lot less eventful than its predecessors, involving only a bizarre communal film and several hours of roadworks. 

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June 9, 2017
Bussing a City Break... Can it Be Done? (Part 1)
May 26, 2017
Bussing a City Break... Can it Be Done? (Part 1)
May 26, 2017

Born from a heady mixture of climate consciousness and self-castigation, two weeks ago myself and my good friend Tasha found ourselves at Victoria Coach Station, waiting to catch a bus to Krakow, Poland.

I know right.

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May 26, 2017
16 Things I Learnt on My First Ever Visit to New York
March 4, 2017
16 Things I Learnt on My First Ever Visit to New York
March 4, 2017

New York: The Big Apple, The City that Never Sleeps, So Good They Named it Twice... For a destination of such fame, it is kind of ludicrous that until three weeks ago, I had never visited it.

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March 4, 2017
Bodie Ghost Town: A Window into California’s Past (and all-round creepy experience)
February 21, 2017
Bodie Ghost Town: A Window into California’s Past (and all-round creepy experience)
February 21, 2017

Camping on the edge of Yosemite National Park. Sounds idyllic, I agree. And for the most part, when I pitched up in the (relative) Californian wilderness a few years ago, it was. 

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February 21, 2017
The Meme-ing of Life...
February 18, 2017
The Meme-ing of Life...
February 18, 2017

Meme (noun)

/mi:m/

“A virtually transmitted cultural symbol or social idea”.

Frankly, if you’ve been within 10 metres of a computer in the last five years, you’ll be familiar with the concept of ‘meme’.

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February 18, 2017
Tube Strikes and Thundersnow: Surviving London's Extreme Conditions
January 14, 2017
Tube Strikes and Thundersnow: Surviving London's Extreme Conditions
January 14, 2017

If you live in London, work in London, or are even vaguely aware of the concept of London, you will know that this past week the city has been plagued by the two most chilling words any urban commuter can ever hear – ‘tube strikes.’

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January 14, 2017

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