Seb Reilly: Breaking the law
Apparently, it’s now the festive season. Lights adorn the shopping centres and high streets, having been switched on at various […]
Apparently, it’s now the festive season. Lights adorn the shopping centres and high streets, having been switched on at various […]
I’m certainly fascinated by technology, there’s absolutely no way we should reject new developments that are being created with amazing […]
As the winter months draw in and the temperature starts to drop, keeping one’s home warm is vital. Yet, with […]
Writing is the sort of profession where people seem to have certain perceptions of your profession. I’m not entirely sure […]
Matthew Munson is the Chief Technology Officer for a data storage firm based in Milton Keynes. There’s also a Matthew […]
Having a book published is an exciting process; it comes at the end of one journey – actually writing the […]
So you’re bluelighted in an emergency ambulance to St Thomas’s hospital where they save your life by doing an almost […]
About 20 years ago, I discovered that if you’re sufficiently obliging to journalists, you can often get a makeover, photo […]
Prophecies about the end of the world abound; there are those, religious or otherwise, who have studied some ancient text […]
Driving past Manston airport the other day, I experienced a strange moment of flashback. Suddenly I was sat in the […]
People often append a word before the word “writer”, but the important thing is that people who have a passion […]
Ramsgate Music Hall turns into a sweatbox pretty quickly. With a capacity of 160 people, it’s so intimate that you […]
The negativity by the media about Brexit is becoming depressingly familiar. All threats, warnings and anti-UK statements by EU officials […]
We all need stories to elucidate the world, and children more than most. Stories explain and help us navigate the […]
I have a confession to make. I stole a pen. From a library, a publicly-funded library. There’s a reason for […]
Writing a book is harder than I first anticipated. When I was a teenager, I found myself reading pulp science-fiction […]
I am attending a plumbing seminar at Canterbury College.. The very words ‘plumbing seminar’ make me feel vaguely itchy and […]
With apologies to any Mancunians in Thanet reading this, but I report from the Conservative Party conference in Manchester. As […]
There’s an ancient Chinese proverb you may have heard of; “May you live in interesting times.” It’s meant in some […]
There is something inbuilt in the British psyche that seems to motivate people to enjoy moaning, and is as ever-present […]
I have a lovely new neighbour who’s mad keen to be my friend. Genuinely lovely, I should add, in case […]
As I write this column, I am operating on about 90 minutes sleep in the last 40 hours. I tell […]
Craig Mackinlay, since when did mob rule override the rule of law? Rarely has a crowd demanding the destruction of […]
Who wouldn’t want their fat frozen off, eh? What a dream, what a coup! Alright, only a tiny bit of […]
Last week in Parliament was both lengthy and stimulating. I took part in two debates on the floor of the […]
Conspiracy theories would be funny if they weren’t so worrying; the fact that some people still believe in them, despite […]
I have – from time to time – been known to have a good idea. It’s comparatively rare, and I’m […]
A week after I’d met my new husband – before we’d even had a proper conversation, although I fancied him […]
It’s an exciting time of year to be in Ramsgate – you’d think that it would begin to quieten down […]
Literary gatherings have been popping up left, right and centre – I go to quite a few of them myself […]
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