Just a couple of weeks ago I was lucky to be working on the make-up for the truly inspirational Tilly Lockey, who some of you might know better as 'The Bionic Girl'. At just 15 Tilly is storming the internet with her fun engaging online content, powerful messages and fashion forward looks, often with her bionic arms proudly on display for the world to marvel at.
At the age of just 15 months Tilly contracted meningitis and was told she would be unlikely to survive. Instead this powerhouse of a young woman has beaten the rule book and today Tilly is here with us and taking her lifes challenges...
If we cast our minds back to this time last year, for a lot of us our lives and news headlines were filled with worry about trying to access groceries as COVID 19 panic buying cleared our supermarket shelves. For the people of Newcastle a lifeline of that moment were their local traders of the legendary 200 year old Grainger Market. Traders met with their own troubles of how to have their businesses endure a global pandemic, had to find a solution quick, thus the mutually beneficial delivery service was born. The traders stepped up to keep the public safe and fed whilst in turn they were able to still...