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Clock ticking, but fully focused

With 38 hours to deadline I’ve four un-started articles and a few to edit. In those hours I must also sleep, and fast –...

I walk by the river

I’ve walked this path each morning for six months now. But I don’t mind. On my walk the sky runs for miles. On a...

Lifted in Spurs’ spaceship

17th November 2019. The last time I saw a live competitive football match. 198 days and counting. When it was announced that the first ever...

Staycation gaming

Lucas Dos Santos provides his top ten list of immersive games for your staycation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr5oVEsJo5I

Edu-Stay-Cation

Jordan Holland’s uni-from-home story suggests you should be careful what you wish for. How many times have you ever wished for an extra hour in...

Students behind screens

One university student gives a glimpse into the strange reality of online learning Rather than getting to class we’re learning on Teams – sometimes Zoom...

Dashed dreams in Non-League

A year without games is tearing at the ambitions of young footballers explains Fergal Hale-Brown My footballing journey has taken me from internationals to the...

Travel in a time of Covid

To say that the pandemic seriously impacted the travel industry over the last 12 months is a huge understatement. The travel and tourism industry...

Seeking 98% Oxygen

54-year-old successful architect Gavin Hale-Brown shares his account of surviving COVID-19's cruelty    Covid 19, Coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, the plague... well as one who has been...

Staying in the UK

In October 2021, in that brief time of un-lockdown, me and the family took a holiday in Norfolk. Specifically, we stayed in a cottage...