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?
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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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- Sep 8, 2023
- 8 min
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...
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- Aug 27, 2023
- 7 min
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...
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- Jun 19, 2023
- 10 min
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...
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- Jun 19, 2023
- 1 min
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...
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- Jun 18, 2023
- 1 min
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...
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- Jun 16, 2023
- 3 min
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...
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- Jun 12, 2023
- 1 min
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...
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- Jun 7, 2023
- 2 min
‘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...
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- Jun 2, 2023
- 5 min
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...
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- May 26, 2023
- 1 min
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...
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- May 26, 2023
- 1 min
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
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- May 23, 2023
- 3 min
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....
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- May 19, 2023
- 5 min
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...
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- May 12, 2023
- 5 min
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...
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- May 11, 2023
- 5 min
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...
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- May 8, 2023
- 1 min
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...
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- May 6, 2023
- 7 min
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 —...
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- Apr 9, 2023
- 1 min
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...
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- Apr 1, 2023
- 1 min
Writing East Midlands Writing Conference
I am struggling to articulate my feeling of awe from today. I went to a Writing East Midlands writing conference at Derby University. It...
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