Frangar, non flectar
I miss the innocence of being a child, No care in the world – just toys and smiles, Painting by number, and lego based builds...
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My Story. My Truth.
My life began on the 26th October 1969. Forget that. It started properly in March that year. My birth parents, George and Sarah, met in...
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Your Story: It All Starts Tomorrow
As a child you’re asked what you want to be when you grow up, where you think you’ll live, what sort of person you’ll marry...
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The “Encanto” Effect: What can the success of Disney’s latest blockbuster tell us about global cultures?
I am sitting with my three-year-old daughter, watching Disney’s “Encanto” for the seventeenth time this week.
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Assimilating
Ravi, bird of paradise, dressed in worn out Levis, Nikes down at heel lays out his stall with passion fruit, mangoes, kumquats, purple grapes, Exotic...
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Culture
The beautiful Scottish island I found myself on was quite a difference from the flat lowlands and busy town centres of the country I grew...
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Italy’s Hidden Gem
Tucked away in the far north eastern corner of the Adriatic Sea lies Italy’s hidden treasure Trieste, the home of my ancestors.
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Ready, steady, write!
Take part in our Writing Competition for a chance to win OU Students Shop goodies...
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Tick tock
Time seems to rush, slip and stream by me, Like a turbid river on a rainy day.
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Goddess
My ticket for survival? The Lothian buses all-day pass. Unlimited hours touring Scotland’s elegant capital for less than a fiver.
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Escapism through reading
The words capture me like a big hug. They pull me in until I am fully immersed in the world and reality melts away.
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Pen to paper
I know it’s a bit of a novelty to receive a handwritten letter nowadays – even more of a novelty to write one I can...