Asten

As children, we lived under a very specific legal system. It wasn’t written down anywhere, but we all knew the rules. Or at least… we thought we did. Looking back, it’s incredible how many completely normal things we believed were deeply illegal. No one ever actually explained these rules. We just absorbed them. Quietly. Anxiously.… Read more

There was something about Saturday mornings that felt untouchable. No alarms.No school.No urgency. The house was quieter than usual, but not silent. The TV was already on. Someone was making tea. You were still in pyjamas and fully intended to stay that way. Cereal went slightly soggy because you were too busy watching TV.You flicked… Read more

I’m back! 💖 After a little quiet spell, I’m in my nostalgia zone again — the one where my brain is basically a scrapbook with Wi-Fi. So obviously, we’re starting with something truly sacred: Let’s be honest — party bags were 90% nonsense. A balloon (half-deflated by the time you got home),a pencil you never… Read more

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