SUPPORTING THE ‘OTHER’ SIDE

Growing up in a predominantly white, middle class town in the north of England, I never really spent much time – aside from my own childhood insecurities – thinking about how it must feel to be ‘other’. That changed nine years ago when my mixed race son was born. In the early months and years, […]

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TALKING BOLLOCKS AT THE BARBERSHOP

I went for a haircut last week and got chatting to my regular barber, Joe. He’d had a pretty dramatic chop himself, apparently for his sister’s wedding over the summer. ‘Yeah, I took one for the team,’ he explained. I smiled at the thought of a man who cuts hair for a living still being […]

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