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• Hazel Butterfield
• 31 October 2025

“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.” — William Faulkner

• Hazel Butterfield
• 24 September 2025

If Prague is the prom queen of Czech cities—glamorous, popular, and always surrounded by tourists—then Olomouc is the quirky cousin who shows up late to family gatherings wearing mismatched socks and carrying a wheel of cheese. And honestly? She’s way more fun.

• Hazel Butterfield
• 28 August 2025

For this collection of book reviews I have gone knee deep into thrillers and have loved it. If you have time for just one of the below, they have all entertained me and got my brain whirring. With any luck, you will shut out the world, get comfy and plough through them all…

• Hazel Butterfield
• 19 August 2025

Anxiety is such a peril in today's society, but we need to learn to harness negativity and turn it into a positive tool. Don't let it control you, use it, abuse it and turn in to what will work for you.

• Hazel Butterfield
• 26 May 2025

Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness

• Hazel Butterfield
• 17 May 2025

A day celebrating the natural wonder that is the honey bee and their nectar, Tuesday 20th May, is almost here. They are an endangered species and we need to bee (sorry) well informed, this is how and why you should get on board...