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Alice Barker, a chorus line dancer from the 1930's/40's Harlem Renaissance, saw herself on film for the first time at the age of 102...

My first part-time job as a University student proved to be a year long exercise in learning the fine art of surviving extremely dysfunctional workplaces, negotiating highly aggressive bosses, dealing with junkies and managing less-than-pleasant members of the public.

I don’t know what it is about working in retail but customers seem to look down at staff in that sector and treat them quite rudely. Unfortunately this is often, at least from prior experiences, accompanied by similar, or even worse, behaviour from the management...

Every town has its share of characters who, for whatever reasons, slip through the cracks in society - Rob the Russian was one such character...

Teaching is an often unforgiving profession, demanding much of its staff, with very few rewards compared to the risks and pressures.

I taught for 6 years in the early noughties and I can honestly say leaving that profession was the best move I ever made...

Have you experienced places in this world that, for whatever reasons, simply do not agree with you?

Have you ever visited a location only to feel a dissonant quality that you can't seem to identify but leaves you feeling out of sync with that area almost immediately?

Hull was one such place for me and the following recollections are just a small handful of some of the experiences I had with accommodation there...

Every town has it's assortment of well-known characters; those individuals who, for whatever reasons, don't fit so neatly into the surrounding social fabric.

Phooey was one such character who figured prominently in my teenage years...

Some small video footage of me skateboarding in Stafford back in September 2012.

I hadn't been skateboarding for the previous 14 years and had only been back on a board a few times since May of that year...

During a recent trip to Hong Kong I wanted to see, as a fun challenge, whether or not I could identify/find any locations that served as scenes from one of my favourite 80's films, Bloodsport...

It’s been over 8 months since I left the UK.

I never thought I’d become an immigrant (well, more of a wandering nomad really) but I don’t recognise my country anymore...

B12 deficiency is quite common in certain groups; particularly vegetarians & vegans, and, if left untreated, can lead to irreversible health problems such as permanent nerve damage.

Here's how I reversed my B12 deficiency.

Probiotics and gut health were topics that I had no knowledge of until a series of health problems caused me to learn the hard way that the key to great health involves looking after my gut...