Carly-May

Weeks 33 to 44

Look, I can explain. What happened was, I'll tell you what it is. What it is, right, and I'll tell you. The thing is, right. Basically the same thing that happens every year which is it starts getting darker, I get SAD (or what some people are now calling 'winter

Week 32

She's got FANCY HEARING AIDS! And they're life-changing. But first...

Week 31

One step closer to the best hearing of my life (hopefully), and endless packing boxes.

Week 29 and 30

Anniversary! New job! Let's go blog gang. Warning: it's a long one. Adam and I have been together for a whole year (plus 12 days at the time of writing), so last week we had a Brighton staycation. As my wonderful friend Xav likes to remind me, over the last

Week 29

Penultimate week of my holiday before starting my big new job, and it was exceptionally busy...

Week 27 and 28

She’s funemployed and busy!

Week 26

Final week of my job, and some big news...

Week 25

All my friends are self-isolating and my job is nearly over!

Week 23 and 24

So so so so so so so busy

Week 22

Incredibly busy week last week, hence the late weeknotes!

Week 21

This has been such a long week and I've got a lot done! LOST update: no episodes watched, again! Been too busy.Handmaid's Tale continues to be excellent, really thought the pacing of this week's episode in particular was great.I saw four things at Brighton Festival with Adam—Isata

Week 20

I got to go home for the first time since Christmas this week! Expect a lot of cat photos. LOST update: no episodes watched :'(Handmaid's Tale had one of the best episodes this week, I lost my shit watching it – no spoilers, but excellent acting and plot progression. My

Week 19

First week back at work, and it's felt like an impossibly long week with the quickest weekend. A lot has happened! LOST update: watched episodes 10 and 11 at the weekend and I'm LOVING the horror-esque vibe with Ethan not being one of the crash survivors. Such a cool and

The British Government, The Troubles, and The Ballymurphy Inquest

Today in politics has been a difficult one. In the same day: The Queen confirmed what was leaked last week, that all prosecutions prior to 1998 and related to the Troubles will, in future, be banned under a statute of limitationsThe Ballymurphy Inquest found that 10 people shot dead by

Week 18

I remembered after writing my last round-up that I had this week off - luckily, the paper was pretty much done! This week was very much needed, both to reset and to really go full force on applying for jobs. LOST update: watched one episode and it's still great. I

Thoughts on Deaf Awareness Week from someone who's deaf

Despite being both a journalist and someone who's deaf/hard of hearing, I only found out today that it's Deaf Awareness Week (DAW). From my hearing boyfriend, no less. Incidentally, he only found out because it was mentioned to him during a phone call to get a carers card, something

Week 17

I knew this had been a long week, but I didn't quite realise how long it had felt until I turned to Adam and mentioned his birthday, two weeks ago? No, reader, it was only last Sunday. Weekly roundup incoming! Remember how I said my donked ankle was on the

Week 16

I know what you're thinking - starting a blog a third of the way through 2021 is not how New Year's Resolutions are meant to go. And yet, here we are! My plan is to do a weekly roundup on Monday every week, and then some more in-depth posts as

Introduction

Hello! I’m Carly-May, a Brighton-based, gold-standard NCTJ reporter with a BSc in Politics and International Relations from the University of Southampton, and a side hustle in a crochet business. My main site is over at carlymay.co.uk/, but this one is just for some less formal work. I've