The other day I fell into a random conversation, the way that we Northerners often do, with two fellow commuters on a Los Angeles train. One was a Mexican guy who, like many Mexicans, can’t afford a car, but had a bicycle. The...
Read MoreAs you may have already noticed, I like to big up women who play sport. Not only for potential spectators of all genders, but more specifically in the hope that it will encourage other women and girls to have a bash. After all,...
Read Moreginnel; ˈɡɪn(ə)l/ noun; Northern English a narrow passage between buildings; an alley I love a good ginnel. I like the sound of the word, what it conjures up, and the myriad of totally brilliant ginnels in the North of...
Read MoreNew Year’s resolutions for the students among us are made, not in January as you’d expect, but in September. Stationery is fawned over and purchased with last Christmas’s WHSmith gift cards, library books are checked out only to...
Read MoreI’ve officially finished my first year of university. The initial exams are behind me and the results are a looming source of anxiety that I’m pushing firmly to the back of my mind. First year has gone by at a ridiculous pace so...
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