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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

'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...