As you're probably well aware - because I haven't stopped banging on about it - I interviewed the Mail on Sunday columnist, author and broadcaster Peter Hitchens a week ago today. It was my first sit-down TV interview - which was for my university student newspaper's online platform - that I had ever hosted. In the build up I was really looking forward to it and wasn't at all nervous. That all went out the window, however, when the man himself arrived and I met someone who I

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 majority government. We had been told time and time again by commentators in the build-up, that a coalition or minority government was inevitable. Apparently it was certain that no single party could win a majority. How wrong everyone was ... And while most people (sane people too) had decided to go to sleep and wake up to the results in the

Welcome to the wonderful contradicting world that is shorthand. As first year journalism students have come to the end of learning about the theory of shorthand and will now start experiencing rigorous dictation four times a week, I felt it would be fitting to write a list of points that we've learned which summarises the ironic statement: "The Thing About Shorthand". The irony being that there isn't one 'thing'; there are loads. Behold a collection of phrases, which I'll con

So far during my time at university, myself and my fellow journalism students have been blessed by the number of high profile journalism professionals that have come in and shared their advice with us. The most famous until now has been John Inverdale - a BBC Sports commentator who is involved in the corporation's golf, tennis, rugby union and Olympics coverage. He was very candid about his experiences and I really appreciated how open he was in answering questions and the ad