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Award-winning Author, Poet, Mental Health Advocate, and the Inaugural Youth Poet Laureate of Stamford (2022-23).
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Writing Comedy: How to Give Yourself a Laugh
I'm only just starting to consider what writing this post and writing comedy might actually say about me... Recently, I have began to...
Sep 19, 20243 min read
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Do Not Neglect Your Passions
Dig deep into that, and allow yourself to feel. How do your passions make you feel? As the expression goes, what makes you feel alive?
Sep 23, 20236 min read
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Welcoming Autumn, and Going Into Winter
An ironically warm welcome to autumn, my favourite season. The season of pumpkins, books, and pumpkin spiced lattes. The nights are...
Sep 8, 20238 min read
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Productivity Can Take Many Forms
Having recently come back from holiday, it has allowed me to reset and rethink a few things. One of those being the idea that, when I am...
Aug 27, 20237 min read
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What to Do When People Don’t Understand Your Need for Creativity
As creative people, it can feel like we are constantly swimming against the tide; creating our art to satisfy that creative itch. As with...
Jun 19, 202310 min read
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Poem: I Have No Energy Left
I Have No Energy Left I am not perfect, Nor am I responsible for Your emotional manipulation But still I'm to blame Because there's no...
Jun 19, 20231 min read
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A Poem: A Garden in Summer
A Garden in Summer There is a yellow haze on the horizon, thick, hot, and sticky the grass, once green, lush, and full of life, is now...
Jun 18, 20231 min read
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On the Power of Music and Creativity
On social media, I said I sounded like I was writing an essay, so I thought I might as well expand on my thoughts. Whether that bores you...
Jun 16, 20233 min read
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A Poem: A Human Heart
My heart, it beats with love for many. Some of whom, do not know my name. Nor that I exist. Whether parted by seas, or the whole world...
Jun 12, 20231 min read
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‘Biscuits!’ comes to Peterborough’s Key Theatre
There is an event coming up on Wednesday and Thursday the 14th and 15th of June! Acclaimed arts and disability activists — Touretteshero...
Jun 7, 20232 min read
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7 Things I Have Learned About Blogging
Hello, it's been a while (or at least it feels like it's been a while). Although it's been just over a week that I have not been...
Jun 2, 20235 min read
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When Was the Last Time You Felt Lonely?
Do you feel lonely? I can make an probable estimation that you do, because loneliness is something that we all feel at some point in our...
May 26, 20231 min read
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A New Essay out Soon
In this essay, I explore what loneliness really means, and apply that in an every day context. As with almost anything that I write, the ess
May 26, 20231 min read
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I Have a Writing Confession
I'll get straight to it: I like writing essays. I enjoy them. Yes, you heard that right — I enjoy essays, and I enjoy writing them....
May 23, 20233 min read
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Writing to Make Money
This is mildly hilarious given the fact that, in my 20K post, I said that I don't write for the money. However, the idea of writing with...
May 19, 20235 min read
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Not Everyone Gets to Say They Were a Poet Laureate in Their Lifetime
In April, I handed the baton of Youth Poet Laureate over to two other young poets, as my term came to an end. It was a privilege to be...
May 12, 20235 min read
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20K and Counting (Panicking)
All writers understand what a milestone this is! A few weeks ago, I started writing my first novel (a step-up from poetry anthologies and...
May 11, 20235 min read
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The Coronation of the King: A Poem
The 6th of May was the Coronation of King Charles III, and as such, I have written a poem to mark the occasion, and would like to share...
May 8, 20231 min read
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Who Am I Aside From My Writing?
This is quite an open-ended question, so… I write this blog in the hope that it will prompt you to — within your own circumstances —...
May 6, 20237 min read
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In Thirteen Pages or Less, I can Improve your Understanding of Disability.
In thirteen pages or less, I can improve your understanding of disability. Does what it says on the tin. This essay gets real about what...
Apr 9, 20231 min read
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