I’m always pretty pleased to stumble across an overseas parcel waiting for me on the doorstep when I arrive home from work. It generally means that my latest delivery has arrived from ASOS or Topman, or one of the other online retailers who make it so easy for me to fritter away my hard-earned salary [...]
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Many of you will have read my recent article about me laying my hat wherever I live, and making a house a home. But much to my dismay I recently found myself back in the familiar territory of having to find a new place to live. Even more worryingly, as I’m not looking to live [...]
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I find that I sometimes lose large portions of my day, staring longingly into the huge world map that we have on the wall at home. I like to look at all of the places that I’ve been lucky enough to visit on my travels; picking out the names of the memorable cities and landmarks, [...]
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At this time of year the high streets and shopping malls of the world become painfully overcrowded with crazed shoppers attempting to complete their Christmas shopping – panic buying as if Hurricane Hugo were on it’s way, rather than a one day religious festival. Unfortunately with this sudden influx of cashed-up consumers comes a huge [...]
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When given the task of writing about my favourite Christmas memory I initially struggled to narrow it down, as I feel like I have hundreds to choose from. The year that I unwrapped my Care Bear rollerskates is always going to be pretty difficult to beat, but other than the over-riding memory of my initial [...]
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Having graduated from Cambridge over 6 years ago, I still tend to tell people that I still don’t really know what I want to be when I grow up. After reluctantly letting go of my optimistic, yet essentially futile, childhood aspirations (brain surgeon, fighter pilot, Wonder Woman etc.) I embarked on my first graduate career [...]
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