Faisal arrived at his family home and his father asked once more why he remained resistant to marrying a woman. He was by now no longer a teenager and, in Saudi Arabia, the expectation is that men should settle down, get married and have children. Yet Faisal, as a closeted…

Last day! It’s all done after this one. I don’t have anything particularly emotional or profound or nostalgic to say about a month’s worth of hastily-written 1000-word blogs in and of themselves, but I will quickly drop a note that the other four lads who’ve been doing challenges, in particular…

Would it be a static caravan? — Hi! We hit our final target for The Water Project yesterday, just in time. By writing a blog or running 3 kilometres every day, the five of us have raised £1,750 worth of clean and sustainable water for families in Sub-Saharan Africa. Nice one. Today I listened to a song…

Today I finish something I started. — Hi, everyone! It’s a beautiful crisp winter’s day here in France. I went for a walk this morning along a narrow path cutting between the riverside and a row of rickety houses.

A tweet by Gary Lineker leads me down a rabbit hole of the arrogance of the English-speaking world. — Hello again everyone! Day 26 now, we’re creeping ever closer to the end. …

Good evening once again! It’s a busy time at the moment over here in baguette country. In a sudden twist, teachers have realised I’m capable of slightly more than sitting down with a group of students and asking them what their favourite colour is and why for 10 minutes at…

Hi again everyone. Today marks the start of the last week of blogs! We’re just under £100 off our target for the month, so if you’re keen on helping out here’s the link. The nice thing about The Water Project is that every big donation (like the one we’re making)…

Good evening! Yesterday’s 1000 words on SEXUAL INTERCOURSE seemed to go down pretty well, which has made me think that putting clickbait titles on the rest of my blogs mightn’t be the worst idea. If today’s blog suddenly changes to have the title ‘This computer can GUESS your MOOD?!?!?! *SHOCKING*@!@>’…

Hi! Sorry about the title, I just wanted to make clear that the topic of sex does show up later on in this one. …