Recently I was asked to describe my dad in no more than three words and in all honesty, I struggled.  Not because I couldn’t find three specific words to describe him, but simply because in my eyes he was worthy of a much greater and lengthy description. Using just the […]

The word hunting evokes many differing emotions from both its supporters and animal welfare campaigners. For years, these feelings have merged to create complicated, difficult and uncompromising stances on either side of the spectrum. When asking friends what they thought about the word in a general sense, I heard phrases […]

As a disclaimer, this is not an article listing the reasons why taking a photo is bad. This is an article simply fascinated by the sheer amount that we take. Even though I’m only 22, the world is a lot different since my early teenage years given the massive progress […]

English is a curious language with many strange rules that don’t always apply, many odd words and a plethora of words borrowed and looted from other languages. I love words. I love the sound and feel of them. I love finding out where words came from and how they all […]

From time to time, we all have trouble motivating ourselves at work. Whether it be because of a particularly mind numbing task or project, a difficult period in our personal lives or even a lament for the job itself, occasionally, it can be tough to get going! Mike Judge’s hit […]

THE DAUGHTER OF DEATH (WARNING:  Readers may find some of this language offensive. This is not my intention, any foul language is used only  to develop character.) Smoke tickled her nostrils, an odour pungent enough to wake the dead. Pain throbbed in her head, so strong she had to squeeze […]

Surely not, but my mind still revolves. Still slips from its resolution, Hands still clasping at one another, Skin still prickling to be human. Surely not, but it’s undeniable. Still wishing myself into existence, thinking my way into your thoughts, Sinking my way into your threatening hands. Surely not, but […]

The popular adage goes that the greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist. As I sat there being offered a position that entrusted me with the education of adults and children a lingering feeling struck me that Lucifer didn’t roam alone in the act […]