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Welcome! I am a British Freelance Writer and Educational consultant who worked in Bangladesh until December 2013. I also have ADHD.In these pages I discuss all of these things and I try to give you a picture of life in Indian subcontinent Asia too.
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Book Review: Sunburn – The unofficial history of the Sun newspaper in 99 headlines by James Felton
My rating: 5 of 5 stars I can’t remember now how I came across James Felton originally. I think it was finding his book ’52 Times Britain was a Bellend’, which I loved, reviewed, and then found him on Twitter. Since then, I’ve just come to think of Felton as being one of the best […]
Book Review: Dishoom – From Bombay with Love by Shamil Thakrar, Kavi Thakrar & Naved Nasir
My rating: 5 of 5 starsSeveral years ago, a friend from the blogging world introduced me to Dishoom in Shoreditch. It was an instant love affair (with the place, not the friend) and now, whenever I’m in London, I always make sure I go there for lunch or, better still, breakfast. And if you’re ever […]
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Tag Archives: writing
So Long and Thanks for all the Friendships
After long deliberation, I have decided to bring this personal blog to an end. I first started it nearly ten years ago in the infancy of learning to become a freelance writer and after my family and I moved to … Continue reading
The Seven-year Itch
Facebook told me today that I started my first blog seven years ago today. It wasn’t this one but after a few posts the site I was using stopped working properly and I switched to WordPress. I never looked back! … Continue reading
When those goals are met, what then?
“There is one thing that we all must do. If we do everything else but that one thing, we will be lost. And if we do nothing else but that one thing, we will have lived a glorious life.” Rumi … Continue reading
Big picture meets the nitty-gritty: the struggle of writing a TEDx talk
It sounded like such a good idea at the time. Yeah of course I’d love give a talk at TEDx Whitehaven! And I did want to – I do want to. But, that old, old problem which faces most writers has arisen … Continue reading
Reflections on being a dog-owning writer: The first week
I’m writing this one-handed and very slowly because a certain young lady is using my other hand as a pillow. Sure enough, I’ve been up with her since 5:30 and after having a mad play session to use up some … Continue reading