Nomadic Emma

My top five people right now (in no particular order of greatness) 1. My genius hairdresser Simon For the first time in ten years my phobia...

My family has a large number of odd Christmas traditions. From the bachelor button in the Christmas pudding which we would all fight over an...

I'm alone in my lounge right now apart from a squat fir tree propped up in the corner of the room, encased in mesh like a bank robber wi...

Sometimes in a quiet moment at work I daydreamed about how I would react should I get that 'the work permit is yours' e mail. Of all...

My fate currently rests in the hands of a seemingly nameless, faceless Home Office employee. In two weeks time I should know whether I can s...

Nine years ago I cast my first vote in a general election. I can remember the day so vividly, even still. On a sunny Saturday morning, mys...

If someone had asked me 20 years ago, what I would be doing on the 3rd of November, 2008, I can't think what I would have said. But 15 y...

I feel like I have squeezed a fair few things into the last 28 and a half years. But as I was walking the waterfront the other day, I made a...

I was meant to be half a world away by now. I would have been soaking up some New Zealand springtime before packing up and leaving again. Bu...

Unfortunately for every summer, there must be an autumn. Even for a summer like this year's one, which felt pretty much like autumn any...