Rose Florence Johnstone

TWELVE YEARS. I was a totally different person when I first started at Time Out back in 2013 as an intern. I’d never tried a cronut or used an en dash and I certainly didn’t know then that Time Out would shape my life as it has. After just-under-a-baker’s-dozen years it’s time to move on. Time Out has brought me so much: it allowed me to develop as a writer, editor and content strategist, see amazing theatre and art, eat delicious food, move to London, make lifelong friends, and meet my wife! It also took me into places I could never have dreamed of, such as a cryotherapy chamber, a paranormal investigation bureau, the Isle of Wight and the inside of Paddington Bear’s mind. Thank you to ALL of you who I’ve worked with over the years. I don’t want to name specific names because I’ll surely leave someone out but to those who mentored me, I seriously can’t thank you enough. And to everyone I’ve worked with, laughed with, drank with, karaoke’d with - you’re all incredibly talented, wonderful gems! Now, onto the new chapter 🖊️ Incredible leaving cover courtesy of Jamie Inglis 🙌

LOVE IS VERY CUTE and I felt incredibly privileged that @enidsaville and I were able to celebrate the wedding of my kind, hilarious brother @charlie_johnstone1 and my amazing, beautiful new sister-in-law @hannahmariee_3 . A rainy wedding day must run in the family but it couldn’t have been a more perfect time in the romantic, misty mountains of Byron Bay. Highlights included seeing my (now expanded) family looking as joyful as they’ve ever been, cheering along to Mum and Charlie owning the dancefloor and Dad’s perfect speech that was as packed with LOLs as it was with heart. Oh and at the end of the night the biggest moth I’d ever seen crashed the party, that was v exciting. #thetruebyronbaes #theenriquezjohnstones

How do you begin to describe one of the most beautiful days of your life? Maybe I'll start with the weather: it was a cold and rainy November day in London and @enidsaville insisted on keeping her jacket off for the pictures (taken by the incredibly talented @erinhopkinsweddings , who you should totally hire if you ever need a wedding photographer!). I just kept thinking all day, in this wild, wide world, with its infinite paths and possibilities, did somebody really decide that they would like to spend their whole, precious life with me? Alice, I'm very glad you did decide that because I would like that too, very much. And then, we get to stand up and get to say that before our friends and families? What a privilege! There are just too many people to thank and to tag but to everyone who helped to celebrate our love, to offer support, to do readings and speeches, to laugh, to cry, to sing, to dance, to come all the way from Ibiza, Amsterdam, Venice, bloody MELBOURNE – words can't describe how much that meant to me. Family – of the traditional and the chosen kind – is everything. And to Mum, Dad, Charles and Hannah, and to my Australian friends – you were in my head and my heart the whole time and I cannot wait until we get to celebrate all over again under the Melbourne sun. I'll end this soppiness in a moment! But before I do, I just want to say that being allowed to get married is a right that I don't take for granted. Massive, massive respect and thanks to every single person who has fought for LGBTQI+ marriage. So far, it's going pretty well, I'd say. 🏳️‍🌈

You know when you find yourself in a situation so surreal you just lean in harder and harder until you’re a little boy who loves berries and cream, dancing a jolly jig in a park filled with animatronic creatures? Yeah. Oh, and @enidsaville and I overdosed on 90s girl power by staying in the 🇬🇧 ACTUAL SPICE BUS 🇬🇧 which now lives out its days as a nostalgic dream on the Isle of Wight. It’s an Airbnb now! You could stay there too! #blackgangchine #isleofwhynot? #spiceworld

It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything on Instagram, but I thought, hey, I’ve got some cute pics of some cute peeps - why not put ‘em out there? Pictured: sunny, magical Cornwall (not pictured: many Cornish pasties, a freakishly large eel, an adder, waves as tall as me). Bonus end picture: a wholly unexpected and very wonderful (counter) proposal in a hot tub boat on the Thames! 🌞 🐍 💍

Custard may have learned how to get to the top of the wardrobe, but it’s the dismount that was bamboozling her UNTIL... (Watch with the sound on!). #catpezeartist #pawfectlanding

Naughty yoghurt thieves must pay the price. #orangeisthenewcat #pawnetentiary #jailhousemog

The face of a young Custard whose mums didn’t save her any curry. #howcouldyou

On a scale of 1-3 which Crimp are you after the events of today? #ruleofcrimp #furfew #aahhnumber

A couple of weeks ago, two tiny rangas padded into our lounge room and haven’t left since. Crimp is the ancient wise bat-eared girl and Custard is blessed with a sweet lil face that helps her get away with supreme naughtiness. #houseofginger

Oh no a small moustachioed goblin has taken over the bed...

In a time of such uncertainty, there was one thing I became more certain of than ever, which is that I want to spend my life with @enidsaville . Thankfully, when I asked her if she wanted to marry me, she was on board too. Many thanks to @robert_alex_smith and @kateq89 for creating the most perfect romantic set up and to everyone in our lives: we can’t wait to celebrate with you properly when we’re allowed to. 🍾🌈❤️