Hayley Sprout

Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Graphic reviews | Lumberjanes, The Fox & The Star, El Deafo.

    Hello all! I have recently been on a graphic book kick! I love reading quick things as it gets my TBR pile down. And also I feel that illustrators need some love too. Lumberjanes Volume 1. Lumberjanes volume 1 is a bind up of the Lumberjanes comic book series, following a group of girls who…

  • Samantha Barks at St James’ Studio.

    Last Saturday, April 2nd, my friends and I attended Samantha Barks’ concert at the St James’ Studio in London. We all became friends through being fans of Samantha’s and it was super cool to be able to all sit together in the front row and watch this beautiful woman sing. In case her name sounds…

  • A Handful of | Brilliant books I read in my absence.

    HAPPY APRIL FOOL’S DAY! I have once again graced your wordpress readers. After having a bit of a blog crisis, I am back with a blog makeover! I was super ill after my Impractical Jokers weekend (which you can hear all about on my instagram!), I decided to take the month off to think about…

  • Hello…. it’s me.

    ….. is anybody there? HELLO! So sorry I’ve abandoned my little website for the last month. Been very exciting if you follow me on Twitter! I’ve been thinking of changing my blog for a while. I’ll still post about books and films and theatre and feminism and other things. Just in a different way! So…

  • January Wrap Up

    Apologies for this very late January Wrap Up! I thought I had already posted it, oops! Had a pretty strong start to the year. Here are my thoughts!

  • All The Rage – Courtney Summers

    Title: All The Rage Author: Courtney Summers Published: 2016 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28320374-all-the-rage “”My dad used to say makeup was a shallow girl’s sport, but it’s not. It’s armour.” Kellan Turner is not the golden boy everyone thinks he is and Romy Grey knows that for a fact. But when she speaks up, she is branded a…

  • A Handful Of Theatre | Underrated Musicals #1

    No doubt there will be another post like this. Consider this post 1 in a very long series! I love musicals. I love the old school musicals. I love the new and game changing musicals. MUSICALS ARE GREAT. If you’re looking for some good tunes, here are five that you may not know about!

  • Double Dawson Reviews | Under My Skin & Mind Your Head

    Today I am bringing you two book reviews in one post! Both by the fantastic author Juno Dawson. One is a fictional YA horror and the other is a non fiction book all about mental health. Spoiler: I loved both of them.     Under My Skin Goodreads link: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23582973-under-my-skin Accidentally ending up in the seedier…

  • So have you heard about Hamilton?

    So this week was Alexander Hamilton’s birthday! Happy birthday you, bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a Scotsman…. 261 years ago, Alexander Hamilton was born. But wait, who is Alexander Hamilton, you ask? Alexander Hamilton was one of the founding fathers of the United States. He was the first Secretary of Treasury, was George…

  • PROPER NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS!

    If I publish my New Year’s resolutions on the internet, this means I’ll have to stick to them, right? I made a post the other day where I listed ALL the books on my TBR (which you can read HEREEEE!!!) and today I am bringing you the non-bookish goals! Actually, you could argue, one of these…

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