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A tribute to Barry Hines

Right now I feel like the biggest Barry Hines fan that hasn’t seen the film adaptation of his most famous work. I never needed to. Hines’ writing in A Kestrel for a Knave opened my imagination and truly inspired me to the point where I achieved my first ‘B’ grade in secondary school for producing […]

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It’s been a while but…

I’ve been a busy bee! Back at University everyone started realising that everything we do now counts towards our degree and so I have been a good girl and done most of my reading every week. Like a student should do instead of second guessing answers to unexpected questions in seminars. Anyway I am now […]

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“A young lady of considerable potential”

“You are clearly a young lady of considerable potential” That quote is from Peter Davies, Mayor of Doncaster. He wrote in my thank you card from the comms team at Doncaster Council: “Katie, It has been a pleasure to have you in the team. You are clearly a young lady of considerable potential. All good […]

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And so it begins

I decided to start a blog after hearing of people becoming known in their preferred industry this way and strengthening their careers. As a quiet person with big ideas, I can’t wait to get started. I recently attended a lecture by someone who was offered a journalism job over Twitter because of her blogging techniques. […]

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