Sorry, you’re left with random thoughts again. I was planning to write something a bit longer this week, but can I be honest? Time just slipped away from me — it happens on occasion. …

I climbed up Mount Snowdon in lockdown. Yeah, I know, really out of the blue for me. I got peer pressured into it, I’m not usually that big on hiking (or most forms of physical activity, for that matter). The first time I hiked was in Wales, climbing up Caerphilly…

I had writer’s block this week. I sat down for a couple of hours on Tuesday evening trying to think of the best thing to write about: The stammer I had throughout primary school? The time I taught maths in a secondary school? The ways I would try to Moneyball…

I struggled with being creative when I was younger. Drawing, painting, designing — I found all of it difficult, which is probably why my parents didn’t want to keep any of my art projects from school. …

I have been on two holidays since 2010: Iceland in 2014 (as part of a school trip) and Amsterdam in 2019 (to see Drake, who later cancelled his dates). I’m not a holiday person but they’re a break from the norm, a change, something new. Going through the motions I have grown up in…