A week ago today I said a final goodbye to my grandfather
A week ago today was my grandfather's funeral. Here's the speech I read at the ceremony. I was fortunate enough to grow up with three...
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- Mar 7, 2016
- 2 min
A week of Hitchens
As you're probably well aware - because I haven't stopped banging on about it - I interviewed the Mail on Sunday columnist, author and...
- Dec 31, 2015
- 3 min
Reflecting on the back end of 2015
With a new year drawing perilously - or not so perilously - close, I thought it reasonable to look back on what the second half of 2015...
- Jul 30, 2015
- 2 min
Take some time to reflect today: The International Day of Friendship
This may sound like such a ridiculously obvious statement to make but friendship, to anyone, is vital. It provides comfort in places...
- May 22, 2015
- 3 min
Reflecting on a night I will, most certainly, never forget
This time a fortnight ago, the country was trying to get to grips with just how the Conservatives had managed to put together an overall...
- Dec 1, 2014
- 2 min
The 'Thing' about shorthand
Welcome to the wonderful contradicting world that is shorthand. As first year journalism students have come to the end of learning about...
- Nov 16, 2014
- 2 min
Journalists, journalists everywhere ... but not a drop to drink.
So far during my time at university, myself and my fellow journalism students have been blessed by the number of high profile journalism...
- Sep 28, 2014
- 3 min
My first fortnight at university: freshers, flu and financing
It's a toss-up between which word best describes my first fortnight at the University of Lincoln. And it may be a surprise to some of you...
- Aug 4, 2014
- 1 min
Today marks the centenary of the start of World War One
While I get on with day to day life as normal, I'm taking a few moments throughout the day to try and process the magnitude of the...
- Jan 18, 2014
- 3 min
Thinking of a 'gap year'? Then do it.
During my time at Sixth Form, I went through so many motions about what I wanted to do after I finished A Levels. At first I just wanted...
- Oct 15, 2013
- 6 min
'He closed your weary eyelids and whispered "peace be thine"'
It's now a year to the day since a very special person to me passed away after a painful and tough ordeal with cancer. It seems much...