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Why I’m an activist (and why you should be too)
Earlier this year I was lucky enough to be photographed for a global AIDS awareness campaign for the Body Shop and UNAIDS. In this post, I try to express why World AIDS Day should be important to...
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How a pair of specs turned me into a time traveller
A bout of conjunctivitis meant I had to ditch my contact lenses and dust off my specs for a week. So what was it exactly that had me so terrified of facing the world as a four-eyes?
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Why we should all give Melanie Phillips a great big hug
As The Daily Mail publishes yet another anti-gay article, I question whether we should allow ourselves to get angry at people like Melanie Phillips, or just feel pity for them.
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The Room And The Briefcase: part 1
"I’ve often wondered what it would be like to stare into the eyes of a madman, and now I know. They say the eyes are the windows to the soul. If that’s true, this man has no soul. There’s nothing there...
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The Room And The Briefcase: part 2
"There was no background noise on the line, which meant the caller was indoors, but then again, Kyle never got the kind of calls people made out in the street or on a train. The caller sounded like...
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A letter from the future
Ever wondered what advice you'd give to your 16-year-old self if you could go back in time? Me too. On this day in 1997, the words immortalised by Baz Luhrmann, 'Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen)'...
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Why sometimes, it’s not about the words
This may come as a shock, but I'm actually pretty crap with words. Well, the spoken kind anyway. Maybe it's why I chose to become a writer. But I'm learning that I don't always have to be the guy who...
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Yes, I’m an addict too: Why I’m no different from Amy Winehouse
“I told you I was trouble,” Amy Winehouse sang, “You know that I’m no good.” For me, that’s the most poignant lyric she ever wrote. It sums up the mind of an addict. You see, it wasn’t a brag; it was a...
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When failure is not an option: World AIDS Day 2011
As World AIDS Day looms, so does the news that my HIV treatment isn't doing what it's supposed to...
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2011: the year I saved a life
Last New Year’s Eve, I had a bad case of the flu. I was miserable, lonely, broke and ill. I called my friends at 11am and told them I wouldn’t be joining them and put down the phone feeling gutted. Any...
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