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  • Where have all the places for young people gone?

    Originally published in the North Norfolk News, February 2007. Lightly proofread from the surviving column copy, with routine sign-offs or unrelated asides trimmed. The views, figures and circumstances are those of the period. A new report has highlighted that health and safety is taking the joy out of children's play areas in the county.… Read…

  • A year later, why I reconsidered going to university

    Originally published in the North Norfolk News, August 2008. Lightly proofread from the surviving column copy, with routine sign-offs or unrelated asides trimmed. The views, figures and circumstances are those of the period. When I finished college a year ago I had the belief that I would be able to put my education behind me,…

  • An alternative Norfolk bucket list

    Originally published in the North Norfolk News, June 2009. Lightly proofread from the surviving column copy, with routine sign-offs or unrelated asides trimmed. The views, figures and circumstances are those of the period. Recently I caught a glimpse of a high-brow magazine which was running a feature entitled ‘ten things to do in Norfolk before…

  • Is digital radio really the future for Norfolk?

    From my North Norfolk News column, July 2009. This lightly edited archive text reflects the predictions and radio services of the period, not the present-day status of FM or DAB. I dare say in the past month most readers will have at least once turned on their radio and tuned around looking for a decent…

  • Discovering Twitter: a new way to hear what Norfolk thinks

    From my North Norfolk News column, June 2009. This lightly edited archive text retains my perspective and the social media landscape of the time. Twitter has since been renamed X. Students like me love distractions at this time of the year when they should be busily getting on with revision and have finished lectures for…

  • Digital TV switchover: will rural Norfolk be ready?

    From my North Norfolk News column, April 2008. This lightly edited archive text preserves the information, forecasts and prices discussed at the time; it is not current advice about digital television. There have been a lot of stories lately about the digital television switchover, and recent reports suggest that 220,000 homes will be unable to…

  • Are North Norfolk youngsters getting a fair deal? (2007)

    Originally published in the North Norfolk News on 1 November 2007. Lightly edited from my original copy; an unrelated passage about a supermarket dispute has been omitted. North Norfolk has never been renowned for its entertainment or culture. Some might say it’s the retirement capital of England, or a snob’s paradise, but with so many…

  • Hard to reduce your carbon footprint with such poor public transport (2007)

    Originally published in the North Norfolk News on 27 September 2007. Lightly edited from my original copy; transport services and prices reflect 2007. It’s difficult being a teenager growing up in deepest, darkest Norfolk. It’s even more difficult living in an area where the locals would rather preserve the town they already have than allow…

  • When public transport leaves disabled students behind (2007)

    From my North Norfolk News column of 17 December 2007. Lightly edited from my original copy; their names have been withheld and an unrelated local-politics passage omitted. Whilst we continue to moan about our public transport and the train service we have in north Norfolk, spare a thought for people who face even greater difficulties…

  • Holt Youth Project: what happens when a community works together (2007)

    From my North Norfolk News column of 3 December 2007. Lightly edited from my original copy; the activities and funding figures are from 2007. This week I was given the chance to see what happens when adults and young people work together in the community, and there is no finer example of that than Holt…