
Kuba Shand-Baptiste
Assistant Opinion Editor and Journalist at The i Paper
Senior writer @theipaper | Previously @ipaperviews, @ConversationUK & @IndyVoices. Get in touch: [email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
inews.co.uk | Kuba Shand-Baptiste
You may think your predilection for a piping hot cup of java is just a preference, but your coffee order says more about you than you know. Just ask your barista. To these professionals, the quirks behind how we take our coffee may as well be windows to our very essence. Here barista and freelance writer Colette Fountain, 24, shares what you can tell about a customer from the way they order:I’ve been a barista for seven years, and your coffee order is more revealing than you’d think.
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2 weeks ago |
inews.co.uk | Kuba Shand-Baptiste
You’re standing under the shower, watching the shampoo suds slip down your body and suddenly you see it: a clump of hair snaking its way to the drain, confirmation that, just as you suspected, you’re losing your hair. It’s a question more of us seem to be asking these days – Google searches for “scalp health” have doubled in the past four years. More than one in 10 women have some evidence of hair loss before they reach menopause.
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3 weeks ago |
inews.co.uk | Kuba Shand-Baptiste
It’s 3pm. Your feet hurt. You’ve just spent the past half-hour looking for your mates, who are now half-drunk and dotted around opposite points of the one-day festival you hesitated to buy tickets for. You’re half-drunk too. The stomach-gurgling hunger you’ve been trying to ignore since midday has become so intense that you might just change your mind about that £20 burger and cheesy chips you scoffed at earlier.
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4 weeks ago |
inews.co.uk | Kuba Shand-Baptiste
Therapy has become so commonplace that a have sought help from a counsellor or psychotherapist in the past year. But what happens when it’s time to leave? If, like me, you’re navigating the end of a therapeutic relationship (or just thinking about it), you’ll know just how complex that process is. You may feel grief, abandonment, frustration, perhaps even relief but it’s worth remembering that there’s no right way to feel; it all depends on your personal experience.
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1 month ago |
inews.co.uk | Kuba Shand-Baptiste
The Government has pledged to fix childcare in Britain, opening hundreds of new nurseries and increasing the number of free hours available for under-3s from 15 hours a week to 30 from this September. But nurseries warn the scheme is financially unsustainable and they will have to limit the places they can offer.
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