Sarah Collins

2 weeks ago | prospectmagazine.co.uk | Sarah Collins

“Too many people are being written off,” said health secretary Wes Streeting to Laura Kuenssberg in March, as the government prepared to overhaul the welfare system and slash provision for people with disabilities. He said that there was “overdiagnosis” of some mental health conditions, and this was contributing to the growing number of people out of work due to sickness.

1 month ago | prospectmagazine.co.uk | Sarah Collins

I am staring at an icon of the Raising of Lazarus when the world begins to spin around me. It is a sunny Saturday afternoon and I am wandering around the Byzantine and Christian Museum of Athens, alone. Despite the outstanding beauty of the gardens—the entrance is lined with bright pink Bougainvillea—I am in a bad place, mentally. I am not entirely sure why I have spent the last week in the throes of fear and despair; there is no identifiable precipitating event.

1 month ago | prospectmagazine.co.uk | Sarah Collins

I am staring at an icon of the Raising of Lazarus when the world begins to spin around me. It is a sunny Saturday afternoon and I am wandering around the Byzantine and Christian Museum of Athens, alone. Despite the outstanding beauty of the gardens—the entrance is lined with bright pink Bougainvillea—I am in a bad place, mentally. I am not entirely sure why I have spent the last week in the throes of fear and despair; there is no identifiable precipitating event.

2 months ago | prospectmagazine.co.uk | Sarah Collins

It is 11pm on a Saturday night and I am several glasses of wine in. I am sitting on a long wooden table in a tiny Athenian shop, where our host Anton is filling our glasses with delicious Greek varieties. I listen to the hum of my new friends switching between languages as they chat to each other, from English to Turkish to Greek. We are at the stage of tipsy that allows my friend Ezgi to confidently claim she can taste undertones of cheese in her glass of red.

Mar 24, 2025 | prospectmagazine.co.uk | Sarah Collins

I was frazzled, late, tired, hungry and depleted of vitamins when I arrived at the door of a charming nail salon in downtown Athens. It has become customary for me to book a nail appointment when I find myself in need of—apologies in advance—self-care.