Monday, 26 November 2012

Sunday, 11 November 2012

Thursday, 8 November 2012

Live What You Love

Have you ever been so deep in thought that you almost missed your stop? It happened to me for the first time earlier this week on my way home from the Livity office. (I can only apologise to the woman sat next to me at the time for the actual, physical jolt of realisation that occurred on my part,...

Sunday, 4 November 2012

Livity Advantage: Week 1

Wow. Well. What can I say? It’s been quite the week and there are 7 more still to go. It’s all been a bit of a whirlwind, and I’m not even being clichéd when I say my feet have barely touched the ground. (Well, maybe a bit) I’m incredibly lucky to have been chosen as part of the final 15 for Livity...

Wednesday, 31 October 2012

Disadvantage as Advantage

What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Every cloud has a silver lining. Use your disadvantage to your advantage. That last statement came from Jon Akwue, global client managing director at Engine, just this afternoon. I’m currently part of an incredible programme called Livity Advantage, run...

Wednesday, 10 October 2012

Black Dog Obedience Training

Depression. Even the word is heavy. It presses down on you, on your life. It impedes movement both physical and metaphorical, and smothers you to the point of almost suffocation. I could wax lyrical about the poetic darkness of depression, and the viscous, black hold it can have over people, but...

Sunday, 16 September 2012

The gym is not for fat people.

I was recently told of an instance when someone I know expressed their intention to go to the gym and was met with the comment ‘But you’re not in shape.’ This, counteracted with the somewhat obvious statement that that was why they were intending to go, was then rounded off like a perfectly toned...

Sunday, 1 April 2012

Sunshine, Lollipops & Satire

So it's been unseasonably sunny recently and I've managed to spend 98% of this time inside writing to various academic and also non-scholarly deadlines. In light of this, it would be awfully nice if you could to take the time to peruse the latest issue of Exposed, paying particular attention...

Friday, 30 March 2012

Heart-felt

A little something I penned under the brief of: Heart. Take Heart I write from the heart. I take things to heart. I’ve experienced things that have broken my heart, but I still continue to put my heart and soul in to the things I love.  In short: my heart has a lot to answer for. The...

Monday, 27 February 2012

Friday, 17 February 2012

Channel Hopping

So, I wrote a piece about my different emotional responses to the prospect of moving abroad for a year, and the lovely people over at Opinion Panel have published it in their community blogging section. As plenty of time has now passed I've also included said article here, so, enjoy! Now...

Monday, 30 January 2012

Paddon Award Entry

This is my entry to the Paddon Award, in association with the University of Exeter, under the brief "Your Exeter, Your University." Edit: I wasn't shortlisted, but I'm still proud of the piece, and still feel very strongly about the brief, and Exeter itself, so please keep reading it. My Exeter,...

Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Life in Print

Hello again. (Cue sheepish, apologetic smile) I know I've been promising you new collections of words, but in truth, all my missives are being sent in various other directions, and I'm actually sort of living various different writing-related lives. Please don't give me that look; it's not you, it's...