🪩 Rave on and live long
I’m off to the UK’s first longevity festival. And meet Mirrorball Paul at his new pub slash office in Hastings.
Happy new month!
Work from pub is going well. I went to The Fountain on Friday, which Paul Johnson aka Mirrorball Paul has reopened as a retro lounge. It’s a mirrorball showroom with a bar, food collabs, and kitchen residencies. Pub slash office.
So funky, love it. Huge glitterballs, plastic yellow booths, and a long window bar perfect for people-watching and laptops. Pacman Arcade (joystick!), board games, courtyard garden. It’s very relaxed - babies and dogs chilling. I had a glass of the Writers Block Shiraz. Take a tour.
It’s great to see Queen’s Road changing - there’s real energy in this part of town. All indie businesses - art, good coffee, streetfood. Keith the foot fairy (he goes clubbing every month) and communal experiences like Neighbourhood Pottery and Japanese Hydro-Jet heated massage beds (take a mate for reduced rates!).
The Longevity Show
I’m off to The Longevity Show at Tobacco Dock (lol) in London on 26-27 June. Being marketed as “The UK’s first longevity festival, helping you discover what really works for living healthier, longer.”
Looking forward to it - especially the Longevity Rave! I’ve been listening to some pods with co-founder Tina Woods aka Tina Techtonic, who started DJ-ing after 50. Now 61, she’s leading research exploring how raves, music and movement can help our health and longevity.
It is never too late to follow your passion. Age just doesn’t matter - people respond to energy, not wrinkles!
It’s an exciting time to be alive as healthcare shifts from prescription to prevention. We can ALL participate in collective longevity science, not just biohackers and billionaires.
We can measure more, but it’s also fast-moving, confusing and expensive. I’ve been down the supplement rabbit hole many times…
Project Longevity
I’ve set myself a challenge for 2026 and beyond - creative experiments and daily rituals that feed my body, soul, and sense of adventure.
Working alfresco, rave rituals, wellness retreats, Swedish Stockings, enhancing Gaba in my brain, experimenting with HRT. Building my longevity toolkit, and using AI to live longer and better - I’m trying to get my RA into remission.
There’s nothing we can do about chronological aging but we can lower our biological age.
I’ll be raving till the grave. Dancing is my no 1 longevity tool - fun, free and communal, but my drug days are over. Did you see White Lines on Netflix? Loved the vibe (especially sexy Boxer), but I also found it really depressing. Drugs are so destructive.
I don’t want to drink every night. But I do want a healthy high without the hangover.
Just bought a bottle of Sentia, which stimulates the release of Gaba: “the off-switch of the brain” says neuropsychopharmacologist Prof David Nutt - also one of its creators. It mimics the effects of alcohol without the hangover and can help with other stuff including sleep, relaxation and anxiety.
Be interesting to see if it gives me a buzz. One to try with a mate. “Can you feel it yet?” 🥂
Nika xo
PS June’s read is Wayward Women: Sex, Friendship and the Midlife Reset - a memoir by Rhonda Carrier & Tracey Davies. I’m using the paid sub chat for our async book club and sharing pitch calls + opps. Come join us and travel through a book.