Hey! I’m back. After my blog fizzled out in the spring, some of you may have thought I was just unemployed and vaguely depressed. Far
Author: The Worlds Outside
Think Local (Britain in Lockdown, Part 6)
In late April, I interviewed Chris White, the leader of the Liberal Democrat group on St Albans District Council. Chris is also a county councillor.
World, Interrupted (Britain in Lockdown, Part 5)
It’s been seven weeks since I last slipped the surly bonds of Saint Albans district, a brief walk in the new plantation at Heartwood being
Last September
So I wrote this piece for a travel writing competition. The task was to describe a local connection in seven hundred words. My essay didn’t
Pieces of the Puzzle: Key Sectors and Workers (Britain in Lockdown, Part 4)
Names have been changed throughout this article1. — — — — — — — — — — On the morning of Monday 16th March, Alex
Hometown, April 2020
Swathed in black, a man puffs on a joint, And grins at his speakerphone. The fit lads cycling past Don’t partake, but they applaud the
The Worlds Outside 