Roughly five minutes ago I sealed the envelope encasing what I’m hoping is the last handwritten letter to my father. Handwritten letters seems like an alien concept to most people my age; in fact, I highly doubt 90% of my peers have actually written a letter to someone. Why would they? What with phones and…… Continue reading “Before we can forgive one another, we have to understand one another” – Emma Goldman
Experience in any career field is of utmost importance, but one could quite accurately argue that experience in the media industry is more important than most other fields. Wanting to be a journalist, work experience is the only assured way to be in with a good chance of being employable after I graduate. This means…… Continue reading “The only source of knowledge is experience” – Albert Einstein
Many have labelled 2016 as the worst year yet, but for me it hasn’t been all that bad. Sure, there have been unpleasant things happen, but there have also been some pretty awesome/weird things that have happened too, and I thought I’d share a few of those things with you. I cooked my very own…… Continue reading Things that happened to me in 2016
This post is for everyone who has ever been called stuck-up, a snob, full of themselves, selfish and you-think-you’re-better-than-everyone-else. That’s probably an awful lot of people, and if you’ve never been called any of those things then either you’re the one calling people out, or, you simply don’t love yourself enough. I am not afraid…… Continue reading “Women who love themselves are threatening” – Naomi Wolf
As I look out of my bedroom window, I see a primary school filled with young children who one day will lead this country. I see them sat in their classrooms in their somewhat smart uniforms listening intently to their teacher. I see them run around the playground in their P.E kits competing in football…… Continue reading “Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages” – Thomas A. Edison
Growing up I always had a passion for learning. I thoroughly enjoyed school and extra reading, throwing myself into any material that could further extend my knowledge on a subject I found myself vested in. I learned to form strong opinions through this, and as any intelligent person knows, you need an abundance of knowledge…… Continue reading “I think documentaries are the greatest way to educate an entire generation” – Steven Spielberg
As I enter adulthood I seem to be getting a lot of advice from other adults, primarily from the generation who raised mine, about what being an adult is like and how they coped and how I’m lucky because it’s easier for me now that it was for them way back when. Whilst I appreciate…… Continue reading “Every generation witnesses atrocities” – Nas
