Koye's Blog

My dad's smile lit up rooms and was one of his most attractive features. “As for grief, you'll find it comes in waves. When the ship...

This post was originally posted to my Substack  as part of a series to ease back into writing. The episodes described below are available at...

Earlier today, in introvert paradise. Photo credit: Mosimiloluwa Koye-Ladele. If you’ve read one of these before, you know about my practice...

With daddy on the day we moved to the UK The last time I saw my dad in person, we both cried as I left. Me crying on leaving home was not ne...

Slowing down, in Berlin I have both dreaded and anticipated this day for several weeks. By “this day”, I don’t mean Sunday the 11th – my bir...

I mentioned The Lincoln Highway , Amor Towles’s brilliant new novel, two weeks ago . When I woke up to the news this week that Will Smith ha...

Show me a better Saturday morning routine One of my new favourite habits is reading the FT Weekend on Saturdays. It’s really nice to make a ...

Reflecting on beauty last week, instead of writing 🥲 It’s so long since my last post that I don’t even know where to start. What began as a...

Today’s puzzle. Sorry for the spoiler! I did the daily Wordle a few moments ago, just before I started writing this. I often start with ‘AER...

Picture of the BT tower from a walk today. Can’t get over how beautiful it was outside today. Last time I bought a new phone, I noticed I co...