I have always wanted more. Not more clothes, or flashy cars or a big mansion with loads of friends and all that. I’ve always wanted to experience life at its truth. To see it all, to experience it all and to dive head first, without thinking about the consequences of my action. Eat the food,…
We are six days away from the big day, and we are ALMOST ready. The documentary introduction has been filmed and edited. The scripts have been formed, the interview questions created, the equipment booked and the groups formed. Now, we wait. I apologies for the lack of chatter from me these past weeks. University, work,…
Fifteen of my MA course mates are travelling down to London on the 26th of October to document the Tommy Robinson rally that is taking place outside Downing Street. Our aim, is to create a documentary on the about the growing political polarisation in the United Kingdom. Our aim however, is not to push an…
It has been a little over 6 months since I attempted my first ultra marathon, The Green Man, and once again I have found myself signing up to another. My sister, and her fiance are without doubt two of the most capable athletes I have met, they are also some of the most persuasive. So,…
I’ve mentioned my love for Nepal enough in this blog now for my regular readers to be fed up hearing about it. So, naturally I will continue to do so. However, I think it is time for me to address something that has been playing on my mind for the past couple days. Is it…
Trigger warning* topics of sexual harassment, sexual assault, assault and sexual exploitation. No triggering pictures will be included in this blog post. This is a topic we often try to ignore as men, as a nation and as the human race. Be it out of shame guilt or ignorance. Its a topic I hold as…
“The highest reward for a mans toil is not what he can get from it, but what he becomes by it” – John Ruskin It is a day to celebrate, just like yesterday and tomorrow. It is a rarity to see me sit back and smell the roses. I am hard on myself, and often…
After writing this blog, I doubt I will be able to explore China as a tourist, or as a journalist for that matter. And I can kiss my dream holiday to North Korea goodbye. Who are the Uyghurs? Although estimated to be 12 million strong, the Uyghurs are hard to define. Believed to be the…