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With only an hour and a half left of it, Happy Star Wars day!! I managed to find a break within today’s Bank Holiday here in the UK to take a photo of some of my LEGO Minifigures as us Star Wars fans celebrate all…
I didn’t follow this campaign quite as much as I did the local elections from earlier in the year, but it was still an important moment for politics. The hashtag ‘#ScotlandDecides’, said it all as yesterday the Scots came out to vote Yes or No…
The Ice Bucket Challenge Fallout. Or to put it another way: Why I Did the Ice Bucket Challenge. As you may or may not have seen, yesterday I completed a cheat version of the Ice Bucket Challenge. I did it in Lego form. You can…
Well that was it, the world cup final. One thing I have learned more than anything else this, I care more about the International spirit of competition than the actual sport. Don’t get me wrong, I’d sooner watch football over any other sport – but…
It will come as no surprise that I’m not the sporting type. I think the negative effect that PE lessons had on me successfully hammered the last nail into that coffin. To be honest, I don’t enjoy watching most sports either. I think it’s the…
Elections really do fascinate me. Maybe it’s just because I crave an American-style government after watching the West Wing and 24. I don’t know. But one thing I do know is that the face of British politics is changing. I wrote almost five years ago…
Always a pleasure to be featured in the local press. A reporter briefly interviewed me at the Soul by the Sea event. Quoted me twice. Shame it wasn’t a paid thing.
Apparently today is world book day. I know this because teachers and children all across my Facebook feed were showing off their fancy-dress costumes of their favourite book characters. Firstly, I find it hilarious that this is a thing now. In my day (sounding old…
It’s been a great year from GB. Somewhere between the Queen’s jubilee and the success of hosting (and participating extremely well!!), London’s 2012 Olympic games were also a massive boost for patriotism. And it all came along at just about the right time. Things may…