Welcome to 2014 – please keep your arms and legs inside the ride at all times! I was going to write a blog about 2013, and things which happened, but like Dom Anderson, VP Society and Citizenship for NUS said recently – it is better to look towards the future than towards the past! So, … More 2k14
I’d like to share with you a few thoughts about my life, specifically a positive decision I have made over the last month that has bought happiness into my life. Let me start off with some context. I was raised an only child, with parents who divorced when I was before my age hit double … More Looking after yourself
Something was missing this morning. Sure, I managed to stay in bed until 9, and sure, I listened to Steve Wright’s Sunday love songs. I read a bit, caught up with Facebook, and planned the day. But all of this felt slightly less real for one simple reason – when I opened my eyes I … More Moments missed
Now that the dust has settled, the parents have left, and the welcome week paraphanila has been filed away for another year, I thought I’d stick a few thoughts down about Welcome Week. I’d like to start by giving a massive thankyou to all of our Student Union volunteers – our Heroes. They worked all … More Heroes
What happens when we take something exceptional, and insert it into the mundane realities of day to day life? Does it loses its ability to inspire us as human beings, or does it raise our day to day appreciation of the world around us? Let’s start off by looking at the natural world, the landscapes … More Taken for granted
Hi everyone! So, I’m taking a bit of a risk with this blog post, and writing about history. Seeing as how this was my degree topic, and how I tend to blog off the cuff thoughts, I’m sure what I’m about to write is all explained, analysed and debunked by someone much cleverer than me. … More The past is a foreign country
This week see’s Bangor presented with all the brass-work polished, the carpets cleaned, and the flowers in bloom. Hordes of parents descend upon the College on the Hill, full of excitement and pride, as students face the culmination of their studies. With one fell wave of the Vice-Chancellor’s hat, students turn into graduates. Thinking back … More Graduation
Hey everyone! I’ve been thinking recently about wiring a comprehensive blog about what Multiple Sclerosis is – not in a clinically sterile scientific way, but in a how-life-changes kind of way. Before I got round to putting pixels on a page, however, I went to the National Railway Museum in York. Now, I know some … More Railways and failways
So, this is going to be one of those “I’m actually 60” statuses… But I have no shame.I was watching the Fleetwood Mac documentary today, called “Don’t Stop” (online for a few more days on iplayer)… and that got me thinking about music. Now, in case you don’t know, I’m a bit of an old fuddy … More Music in this day and age…
Warning – this post contains spoils. of the “here’s what happens at the end” type. So… Much as I would love to pretend that my book collection is full of serious, historical tomes, I have a small guilty confession to make. Hidden away, between Churchill’s history of the Second World War, L.T.C. Rolt’s groundbreaking works … More Hunger games
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