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Dec 9, 2016
3 min

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...

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...

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