I will hold my hands up right now (one of which is splinted and swollen - more on that later) and say that I had, until four days ago, never read an adult fantasy book. I’ve always been a bit snobby about it, perhaps. I like literary fiction because I am obsessed with human beings, and being human. I need characters that feel real, that experience things and convey those experiences to me as if I am the one experiencing them. I therefore didn’t think that fantasy, with its dragons and elves and… gnomes?… would be able to provide any semblance of a relatable experience for me.

And then, people started talking about Fourth Wing, and for some reason, I listened.

Have you read it? Have you seen the film? Have you watched Netflix’s new series adaptation? If you have, please accept this hug through the screen. If you haven’t, please read no further as there are spoilers ahead; go read / watch it, please, then come back here and claim your free cuddle.

I never thought I’d start a blog piece with a Ronan Keating lyric, but then again, I never thought I’d be writing blogs for a living, so here goes.

You say it best when you say nothing at all.*

If, one day, we truly will be able to walk upon, settle upon, colonise other planets or space itself, what rules will we then be bound to?

Now, I know what you’re thinking; of course I’m going to advocate for you hiring someone with ADHD. I have ADHD, and this is my portfolio, so I’m implying that you should hire me. Correct, you should. But I’m not here to talk about myself.

When the NHS celebrated its 70th Birthday in 2018, the government announced £20bn a year in extra funding by 2023. As NHS leaders announced their long-term plans at the start of January 2019, outlining how they will spend that money, we at Practicus thought we’d invite the views of a group of people seldom heard from, to see how they’d improve the NHS.

With the long-awaited 2020 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony kicking off at midday (BST) today, I caught up with Scottish sailor Luke Patience from his Tokyo hotel room to discuss the making of an Olympian.

'Wild swimming' has become a very popular form of outdoor exercise for many, following the long, arduous lockdown in the UK. So I decided to see what all the fuss was about.

Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, overcivilised people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity…