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One of the things to change since being in my thirties is that my Saturday nights are not spent in clubs or bars. I now seek out ways to get out and to get me some cultural education. This has included going to poetry nights, listening to live music or seeing a film at the cinema.

After having had many distractions and setbacks in my early years and throughout my twenties, I've been developing a closer connection with myself and my ethnicities – both African and Asian. Since my involvement and… Continue

As I walked out from my home, on to the street where I lived, I noticed a dark grey blob in the middle of the pavement in front of me. Although I was wearing my glasses, this blob wasn't easy to make out. As I came nearer to it I saw that it was a pigeon, who was just sitting in the middle of the pavement watching the traffic and minding its own business. It didn't care that dozens of people would be walking in its pathway. There was the horrible possibility that a cyclist would come flying roun… Continue