Category General
London 2012: Reigniting Pride in Britain?
Before the Opening Ceremony, London 2012 had become one of those events that seems to transcend everything else with the general message that if you can bring an Olympic angle into any story, be it about sport in school or a murder in East London, then more is the better. But London 2012 has surpassed […]
Is Wales’ language policy slowly suffocating the nation?
Wales is the only country on the planet that seems to actively dissuade its population from achieving high standards of English. I’m a fan of strong and controversial statements, but I don’t believe that this one is particularly exaggerated, though I think it might open me up to extreme criticism from certain elements within Welsh […]
Archive: LGBT Opinion Column – Mancunian Matters
During my NCTJ course with News Associates in Manchester I began to write an opinion column on LGBT issues for Mancunian Matters (www.mancunianmatters.co.uk). Here is a list, with links, to all my previously published opinion columns, enjoy: You don’t have to be homophobic to be religious Why are there so few out people in professional […]
At this exact moment in time…
Life for a twenty-something Briton sucks. We are, I believe, one of the most unlucky generations of the modern age. It’s a big statement, but when you think about it not hugely hyperbolic. Just to take my life to date as an example. I was brought up in a small cockle-picking Welsh village near Swansea by […]
Owen Jack Williams 