Author: Arch Copy

• February 6, 2026

  Not waiting

  

  These are 1940s boots from Harrods. I bought them a good while ago from a vintage seller who has sold me several lovely things over the years. What better to wear with striped Edwardian combinations? To get my silly little maple-sea-salt-oat-milk-latte? What on EARTH could be better?  I get dressed twice a week, tops. The…
• January 26, 2026

  Atrophy

  

  A Yamaguchi University study on Japanese senior citizens investigated functional memory and dementia in care centres. A key finding was that those with the highest mental acuity tended to be people who kept journals. They wrote down their daily lives and they laboured to do it. Forming thoughts into ideas in order to make a…
• January 16, 2026

  Creative shit

  

  I’ve been doing this a couple of months now and not missed one. Two ended up being Silly Saturdays, but not bad at all. Don’t judge my eye-watering colour selections. This is my one place to enjoy tutti-frutti insanity and quick mess.
• January 15, 2026

  Resolve

  

  I don’t need New Year’s resolutions. I made my resolutions for life over many years. But it does help to reaffirm the things in life that are important to me – so I have my own back to say no when a deal-breaker is being threatened. I move I have to move. I have to…
• January 10, 2026

  Running saved me and will save me again

  

  I grew up thinking I couldn’t run. In fact, I thought that for 30 years of my life. It was me walking at the back when we had to do cross country at school. I didn’t see the point and I didn’t know how to make my body do it. As an adult, I did…