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“So, what did you do wrong?” | Lyric Essay
November 2025 is the first National Care Leavers Month, so here is a piece about the question I get asked most when people find out I grew up in care.
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I met my younger self for coffee today | Lyric Essay
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Tracksuits | Lyric Essay
A lyric essay about my love for tracksuits, and why I can't where them anymore.
Nov 21, 2025
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Are writing development programmes worth it?
A reflection essay after finishing New Writing North's A Writing Chance programme for working-class writers. Learning how to belong in a world that…
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Are working-class people in the music industry destined to be Remy from Ratatouille?
On barriers, rats, and the unlikely heroes hidden in plain sight
May 19, 2025
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I met Giles Martin - Not the normal I ever dared to expect.
Most days, this life now feels ordinary. I’m not gonna lie, I take it for granted. Yet every so often these moments remind me of how unusual it is that…
May 11, 2025
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Burnt Out: I'm sorry
I’m really sorry for the silence here recently.
Apr 29, 2025
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I met my younger self for coffee today | Lyric Essay
Inspired by Jennae Cecelia's poem in her book 'deep in my feels'. A reflective lyric essay on some time with my younger self who most people don't…
Feb 25, 2025
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Are Traditions Important?
Traditions form a collective identity. They touch us, connect us, expand us. As much as I hated being paraded down the street in a silly hat, gown, and…
Jan 16, 2025
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Photos Define a Person – Pt. 2
Care leavers are left with gaps in their history, denied the ability to be a definitive person, their childhood denied existence because it’s impossible…
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New Year’s Resolutions: Is there any point?
New Year’s Resolutions are about forming new habits. Why not form the habit that will allow you to create further habits?
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