Writing & Media
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Kellogg College Creative Writing Competition 2025 I entered the Kellogg College Creative Writing Competition 2025 and was delighted to finish second. My entry was a fictional letter set in Oxford just after VE Day. For more information on the competition, and to read the winning entries, please see the link below: kellogg.ox.ac.uk/news/kellogg-celebrates-alumni-talent-in-creative-writing-competition-2025/
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I will be presenting at the CONTED Graduate School Doctoral Research Seminar on Friday 20 June at Rewley House, Oxford. The paper is titled ‘The People’s War, Tom Wintringham and the 1945 General Election’ and here is the abstract: The historian David Edgerton recently argued that scholars of Britain during the Second World War should
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Review of the Imperial War Museum’s latest Churchill exhibition The Imperial War Museum have put together a small, yet rather enjoyable exhibition of satirical cartoons that depict how Winston Churchill was perceived during times of war and conflict. The great man appeared in thousands of cartoons during his lifetime and beyond, which undoubtedly made the
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I interviewed Rory Stewart for Spear’s magazine to find out about the fantastic work done by the not-for-profit organisation GiveDirectly. You can read the published article here: https://spearswms.com/impact-philanthropy/rory-stewart-power-give-directly-unconditional-cash-transfers
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You can read my review of The Orangery at Aynhoe Park here: https://spearswms.com/luxury/food-drink/review-the-orangery-rh-england
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The childcare industry in Britain is practically imperfect in every way. Years of government underfunding has helped create a situation that simply isn’t workable for parents or providers. Britain spends less than 0.1% of GDP on childcare, which is the second lowest of all OECD countries. Consequently, it is not surprising that a report by