Musings of a Perfectionist

So Boris Johnson is our new Prime Minister. Surprise, surprise. As much as I am both not shocked by this and also slightly annoyed, you have to admit that BJ (and yes, I do realise what that stands for, thanks) sounds a lot better than JH. Focus on the silver linings. I've been on holiday for this past week, which is, of course, the reason that I haven't updated Musings for ages, but please be proud of me! I've actually been outside! It was, sadly, during the hottest day of the year and I may or may not have burnt my skin just a little, but I was breathing in the fresh air and everything. Also, I wrote a post on this day last year as well? How cool it that? And it means that my blog has been going for more than a year, which is crazy. Think of all the things that I've done- GCSEs, published a book, done more interviews for Sixth Form than I ever wanted to (two). I'm sure there's more. That's all I can think of for now though. Oh! Prom. I went to Pr...

I don't know if you've seen the Google Doodle for today, but here's the link to the YouTube clip. It's the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing, and I just wanted to say something. Look what humans can accomplish. We're kinda doomed from the start of our little lives, aren't we, and yet, look at all the things we've managed to do. We can read and write and understand other languages. We've developed medicine over the years. We've built and invented and improved our lives- and we reached the moon. For me, the moon landing wasn't part of the Space Race of the Cold War (although it certainly was), or about the USA being better than every other country. It was about human beings managing to work together to send three men up into space and let two of them set foot on the Moon. It's a testimony to what humans can achieve, which is also why I have (some) faith in humanity as we're facing climate change. I believe that we will be able to ...

Man, I haven't written anything for ages . Sorry about that. Everything's been a bit busy, I guess, and today has been no exception. Last week, I went on a tour of some castles with my mum (in the fast car!) which was awesome, and also I now have four more bookmarks to add to my (hefty) collection. We went to Raglan Castle, which is in ruins but was still pretty impressive (mum hated all the stairs which was quite amusing). Then we travelled to Ludlow Castle the next day (I know a lot more about this castle, as Arthur Tudor and Catherine of Aragon lived here from their marriage to Arthur's untimely death). Ludlow is also a ruin, but by this time we'd got pretty good at working out where floors and ceilings were, and even picturing things. Day 3 was a visit to Sudeley Castle, where Catherine Parr and Thomas Seymour (whom I know a lot about due to my book) lived after Henry VIII's death. The gardens were lovely, but as there is still a family living in the castl...