Twickenham Nub News • 4th May 2026

Twickenham local hero honoured by Hounslow Mayor for outstanding community impact

What is the weirdest thing you have found? "A gun, in a ditch on the Hillingdon border. Last summer when the weather was really dry, I spotted something in the mud, pulled it out and it was a shotgun."In an interview with Nub News, Mark Hardy, front-of-house manager at Thai Upon Thames, recounts his most shocking discovery over many years of litter picking. Thai Upon Thames, which opened more than 27 years ago, is an old established restaurant on Richmond Road that offers a warm atmosphere, frie...

Richmond Nub News • 12th April 2026

How to make the most of Richmond in the sun as the weather gets warmer

The UK has recently been enjoying some of the warmest weather of the year so far, with temperatures in London reaching 26°C yesterday (Wednesday, 8 April). As spring settles in and the days grow warmer, Richmond comes into its own, offering countless ways to get outside and soak up the sunshine.

South West Londoner • 1st April 2026

“I feel very honoured to try”: Woman to swim English Channel a century on from first to make the crossing

With a gruelling twenty-one miles of cold, choppy sea, the English Channel has challenged even the best long-distance swimmers. Before 1926, no female swimmer had successfully made the trip, until 19-year-old Gertrude Ederle made history with a record-breaking swim. This summer, Bryony Rowe will mark the centenary of Ederle’s monumental achievement with an attempt of her own. 


“It feels daunting knowing you can’t get out. A weirdly claustrophobic feeling.” 


Rowe recalls a particularly cold...

North East Londoner • 5th March 2026

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library launches in Hackney

Hackney has become a new official site for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, the largest early-childhood book gifting programme in the world. Founded by American singer-songwriter and actress Parton, 80, in 1995, the initiative provides young children with books delivered straight to their door every month. The programme became available to children up to the age of five living in Hackney, north east London, on World Book Day, and is completely free to join. The scheme has reached countries al...

South West Londoner • 2nd March 2026

Love Letters exhibition brings record crowds to National Archives

The National Archive’s ‘Love Letters’ exhibit has been an unparalleled success, drawing its highest ever visitor count in a single day.  


On Valentine’s Day, the free exhibition, located in Kew, Richmond, drew 759 people to the National Archives, a stark increase from the rolling weekly average of 158 visitors per day. 


Brought to life by a team of talented curators, the exhibit documents the intimate declarations of love from a range of unknown scribes, royalty and literary icons includin...

Bristol 24/7 • 23rd September 2025

Great night out - How to stay safe in Bristol

A double page spread with an article I wrote for Bristol 24/7's 2025 student guide. The piece is aimed at students in Bristol. With nightlife being such a large part of university culture, this piece considers how to best to navigate a night out in Bristol whilst drawing on the 6 Bristol rules in place to enable safety in the city after dark.

Epigram • 17th May 2025

Opinion | The relationship between effort and success: What do university grades really reflect?

Do you feel that the grades you achieve are reflective of the effort you put in? Or, do you find it impossible to predict the outcome of an assignment? This piece looks into the balance of effort and success in university academics

Epigram • 14th March 2025

Opinion | From coursework to exam halls: Humanities students face a shift back to traditional testing

Should universities be allowed to abruptly change assessment structure with no warning? This piece will consider the upsides and downsides of a switch back to traditional in-person exams for English students.