They weren’t the poster boys — but they lived rent-free in our heads. Before we knew what ~celebrity crushes~ were “supposed” to look like, we fell for some slightly random, slightly questionable, but absolutely unforgettable people/characters. They weren’t on the glossy teen-mag lists — but they still shaped us. 💿 Conclusion: Crushes never had to… Read more

When a song title screams “moody indie poetry” but the track itself is pure glitter-pop. Pop has always been dramatic — but sometimes the song titles sound like they belong to brooding indie records, deep poetry collections, or even epic fantasy novels… only to turn out to be sparkly radio-pop. Here are some of my… Read more

The things we shouldn’t remember… but totally do 👇 Your turn: What totally random school detail lives rent-free in your head? Read more

Fast-forward to the 2090s: I’m in a pink cardigan, ruling Friday nights from my favourite armchair while a baffled 20-something carer asks, “Who’s Basil Brush?” And I’m like: sit down, child — we’re doing a full 90s/00s curriculum. Capri-Suns chilling. Doritos in bowls. JLS on before tea or no biscuits for anyone. Because some things… Read more

#ADNPlaylist · Cheesy nostalgia Yes, we’re going there. Fast Food Song by the Fast Food Rockers. 🍕🍔 It’s the one you pretended to hate, but deep down you knew every single word: “Pizza Hut, a Pizza Hut…” The dance moves were silly, the lyrics made no sense — but that was the beauty of it.… Read more

#ADNPlaylist · Weekend nostalgia SMTV, Live & Kicking, Diggit, TOTP Saturday… Saturday mornings in the 00s were a full-on channel-flicking event. 📺 I’d be in my PJs with a bowl of cereal, flicking between channels like it was an Olympic sport — cartoons on one side, cheesy pop performances on the other. Steps, S Club,… Read more

#ADNPlaylist · Primary school nostalgia Nothing says childhood quite like a school disco. The PE hall transformed into a dancefloor, the smell of orange squash in plastic cups, and teachers trying (and failing) to keep order. 🕺 And then it would happen — the DJ pressed play on The Cha Cha Slide. Suddenly the whole… Read more

#ADNPlaylist · Family nostalgia Rewinding cassettes with a biro. That’s the vibe. 🚗💿 Some of my strongest nostalgia isn’t just the CDs and singles I begged for in Woolworths — it’s the tapes my mum had in the car. Take That, ABBA, Shania Twain, Boyzone… those battered cassettes were the soundtrack to every school run… Read more

2001 memory · #ADNPlaylist Picture it: 2001. The Popstars hype was everywhere, and Hear’Say had just dropped Pure & Simple. Everyone at school was talking about them, and owning the CD single was basically playground currency. 💿 And then… my TEACHER gave me the Hear’Say CD. 🤯Not my mum, not Woolies, not a birthday —… Read more

Bunk beds, torch gossip, contraband sweets… and one very loyal fox. Overnight school trips had their own vibe: And for me? It was my Basil Brush plushie 🦊. I couldn’t sleep without him back then, but I remember feeling so embarrassed about taking him with me. Would everyone laugh? Would it make me look “babyish”?… Read more