THE STARS, THE MOON AND THE UNIVERSE

We occupy such a small space on the planet. After visiting the fun, vibrant and incredibly muddy Bluedot festival, all I could think about was how miniscule my place on the planet is. Not in a depressing and existentialist way, but rather as a realisation that all the minor arguments, the broken friendships or the dissatisfaction of life you might be feeling is easily forgettable.

The Bluedot festival, which ran for the weekend at Jodrell Bank, saw live music, geeky science talks and cool lit-up areas. The talks of time travel and quantum physics and all things almost unimaginable made me feel excited and yet scared of how little we know about our little planet. Imagine if time travel was possible. Imagine if in years to come we were seeing the Milky Way in all its magnificence rather than a cheeky holiday to Spain. It’s incredible knowing that there is…