There was a brief, slightly surreal moment in British pop culture where Basil Brush released a Christmas song. Yes. That Basil Brush. Yes. It was real. Yes. He was literally on This Morning promoting it. And yet… somehow… history just quietly shuffled it under the rug. I remember playing it on repeat — not because Read more

Okay so… ADN took a tiny nap. Not a dramatic nap — more like the kind where you flop on your bed fully clothed, blink, and suddenly it’s three hours later. Life has been life-ing in the best way recently: birthdays, pizza, JLS countdown chaos, panto excitement, cosy weekends, wedding chats, conferences, and about twelve Read more

Let’s be honest… the 2000s weren’t just a decade — they were a lifestyle. A whole aesthetic built around jelly shoes, fizzy drinks from the school vending machine, and whatever was on the shelves of Woolworths that week. Here are the brands that defined our childhoods, our personalities, and our lunchboxes: 🧃 Panda Pops Those Read more

n 2010, me and my best friend Sadie went to see JLS live — and honestly, we never recovered. Not because of the lights, or the staging, or the matching colour hoodies (although… iconic). But because we screamed every single lyric like our lives depended on it. Sadie knew every word half a second before Read more

Once upon a time, I fell in love with a fox.Not metaphorically. Literally — a puppet fox on BBC One. Yes, I’m talking about Basil Brush.Cheeky grin, velvet waistcoat, questionable jokes for a kids’ show. And somewhere between the laughter and the catchphrases, tiny me decided: yep, that’s the one. It sounds ridiculous, I know. Read more

💭 Asten Reflects Fear of my own name? ✔️ Crush on a puppet fox? ✔️✔️ Existential dread every time a Disney VHS tape ended? Triple check. For years I thought I was just a weird kid. The one who got spooked by the static at the end of The Little Mermaid, who hid when someone Read more

You know that moment when the film ends, the screen fades to black, and you’re left sitting there in silence, clutching your popcorn bowl? For me, that’s when the fear kicked in. As a kid, I loved Disney VHS tapes — the sparkle of the castle intro, the magic, the songs — but I dreaded Read more

Before The Sims took over our lives, there was that one Monopoly game on the family computer — the classic CD-ROM version that somehow felt way more dramatic than the board game ever did. You’d roll the dice, watch the little top hat shuffle around the 3D board, and pray you didn’t land on Mayfair. Read more

Y2K innocence meets sparkly chaos. There was a time when being the height of sophistication meant owning something — anything — with a sparkly bunny on it. Pencil cases. Hoodies. Phone charms. Even those little coin purses from the market for £2.50 if you asked nicely. We had Playboy Bunny everything… and absolutely no clue Read more

Tone: warm, emotional, full-circle joy. I think part of why I love JLS so much isn’t just the music — it’s what they represent. Every concert, every lyric, every crowd sing-along feels like a quiet act of healing for the girl I used to be. Back then, teenage me felt like the world was too Read more