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60km 60days
❤️💥We did it! Skating 60km in (a lot less than) 60 days! My legs are absolutely exhausted and I’m done with skating (for a while at least lol) but my heart is full of pride and gratitude! Big up bubs who skated his heart out and clocked up the KMs and thank you to every […]
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Bridge
a meeting point between two borders a chance a hope a tipping point up in flames or over turbulent waters a starting point a chance a hope a bridge
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Probably Autistic
I’ve had to say that phrase quite a lot over the past couple of years. Whilst my son attended nursery school the possibility was raised that he may be on the Autistic Spectrum. He had advanced verbal skills but other traits suggested that he may have ASD. As time progressed it became more evident that […]
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Playing the race card
In a recent interview the “Head of Britain’s ‘strictest school” claimed that black children were using the ‘race card’ when in trouble. The rhetoric is that of an aging, white, conservative male trying to dismiss the divisive legacy of the British empire but the words belong to a youngish “women of colour” (pictured above). I wonder […]
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#itsOkNotToBeOk
It’s hard to find a single person who hasn’t been touched by mental health. Whether a family member, partner or personally, the pressures of modern society are taking a toll on our collective mental health. As part of World Mental Health Awareness day, people have been encouraged to share their experiences of mental health and […]
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Jokes Aside
Surrender To The Madness. Joker review The Joker is a master piece needed for this moment in time. A time when unelected leaders shut down open debates by elected representatives in the name of democracy. A time when protestors fighting to save our planet are imprisoned or attacked whilst the perpetrators of the crimes against […]
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Awfully Unlawfully
Last week I was back at Parliament for a class trip to teach the children about democracy..however it was a tad difficult to explain how we live in a democratic society when we couldn’t watch any elected MPs debate as Parliament had been 🎉UNLAWFULLY🎉 prorogued by an unelected Prime Minister, selected by 92,153 people ( […]
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Poets Vs
Gender Equality To celebrate my birthday this year I decided to face my fear of public speaking and share a couple of my poems in public. Quite a bold and surprising move considering that behind the carnival feathers and political rants, I am a very shy and private person. (No really, I am.) Spurred on […]
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Poetry and Vulnerability
I’ve been writing poetry more frequently for about seven years but only recently taking it more seriously with a couple of poems in publications out later this year. I found for me, generally poetry isn’t difficult to write, it’s can just sometimes be difficult to share. Generally poetry is personal. Poems can be so personal […]