By Mary Atkinson(Image: Eric Salard, "Tour de France Femmes 2022" via Flickr)As the Zwift CEO, the Tour de Femmes title sponsor said as the history-making 8 day women’s tour concluded at La Super Planche de Belles Filles in the Vosges mountains, the tour “exceeded everyone’s expectations”. 24, six-a-piece teams sat on the startline on the Eiffel Tower to Champs-Élysées stage on the morning of...

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 By Mary Atkinson(Image: Mary Atkinson, 7th arr. Paris, Île de France, France, 28th May 2019)If you’re anything like me, you probably found yourself guiltily watching the second season of Netflix and Sex and the City writer Darren Star’s series Emily in Paris this festive season, released December 22nd to arguably better press than when the series premiered in 2020. Although perhaps a feat...

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(Photo: Instagram @itsmaryatkinson, Cologne, Germany, November/December 2018)Hi, I'm Mary a 21 year old Liberal Arts BA (English Literature and Philosophy major with further modules in International Relations and French) student at Durham University. On this blog I will be writing about a variety of my personal interests such as cycling, F1, winter sports, athletics, fashion, music, travel and more as well as personal pieces from...

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(Photo: instagram @itsmaryatkinson, Manchester, 22nd May 2018)[TW - the Manchester attack, terrorism, PTSD. I have tried to make this piece the least triggering I can, while also conveying the raw emotions and still being impactful. However, if you were there, I suggest you proceed with caution as this post could be very triggering. Skip the part in italics if you still want to...

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Taken from my IG post (https://www.instagram.com/p/BYZT9CqBJRx/) ❝ #mcr100days I can't believe it's been 100 days. One of the worst nights of my entire life. Even though I couldn't bring myself to watch the documentary tonight I still wanted to say something. If someone had told me at 17 I would have had two near death experiences in a year I would never have believed them....

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