On hearing the tragic news of the death of Tom Petty, it kind of got to me. I liked his music (not loved), I knew he was talented but was that really enough to affect me the way it did. I thought about it – what brings these emotions out of us, I mean, I […]
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I was standing at the bus stop this morning ready to make my way home when I noticed a girl of around 16 staring at, what I thought was, my legs (?!). It turned out she was straining her neck to get a glimpse of what albums were in my Head Records plastic bag. I
A few days ago I was looking for ideas on what to write about next. Abby, my co-editor, suggested writing about the effects of the election or Grenfell Tower, but after some thought I couldn’t write objectively about either of these subjects. I could find a stronger Cabinet in Ikea and as for our so-called
I recently had the pleasure of talking to 19-year-old Joshua Hewitt, a NI YouTuber who has endured difficulties most of us would never even dream of. His video blog, The Hewitt Collective, has already gained 480 subscribers and around 280,000 views. Inspired by Joshua’s journey from suicidal teenager to internet success, I was compelled to
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Today I had the misfortune of hearing about a young woman who had to leave her job in a large Supermarket chain due to sexual harassment. Last week the poor lass couldn’t go to work as she was so stressed and anxious. The Supermarket offered to move her, not the person who was at the
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