There are currently 170,000 people homeless in London. Over the last ten years, a succession of drastic cuts means rough sleeping in the UK has increased 165% since 2010. By the…
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When you think of a youth hostel in the English countryside, a Victorian Gothic mansion doesn’t spring to mind. But YHA Castleton Losehill Hall is just that: a stunning stately home…
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Have you ever noticed the little free libraries in London? You might have seen them outside residential houses or against the wall of a cafe. They crop up at supermarket check-outs…
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I did it! I ran a 5km Race For Life! This time last week I was standing in a south London park with a medal on pink ribbon around my neck.…
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Today I’m going fishing – for litter and plastic. It’s a sunny Saturday morning in East London, and I’m sitting on a stationary canal-boat-turned-cafe, sipping coffee (in a reusable cup!), and…
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I’ve been to a lot of music festivals, but Wilderness Festival is undoubtedly the fanciest. Wilderness is a four-day boutique festival held in early August each year set in the rolling…
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For most of the year, Hay-on-Wye is just a quiet Welsh village. But for ten days each spring, over 250,000 people descend on Hay-on-Wye. They fill the narrow streets, they book…
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This is the house I was born in. It’s the only family home I’ve ever known. This is where my parents brought me as a baby in March 1988; to a…
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England Europe Grief Mental Health Personal ScotlandThree Months as an Orphan, an Ice House and a Search for ‘Home’
In January, I came home to a broken boiler. After celebrating the New Year in Cuba, I’d spent two straight days flying from Havana to Toronto to London – and I…
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My dad always loved flowers. On October 20th this year he turned 79 years old, and I spent that morning trying to decide what was suitable to give him. I hadn’t…