Author Archives: Liam Doherty

Sense a change of season today? I have just finished a year working in the most rewarding position I’ve held in my life so far, as a youth worker. When colleague asked why I was leaving, I caught myself saying it’s ‘unfortunate’ the role isn’t financially rewarding. This is not what I truly think. WhatContinue reading “Thirty: What Happens Now?!”

The teacher threatened to phone Dad if they didn’t behave. This young person replied, “Don’t you f***ing dare!”

It’s some feeling, leaving club after belting out Bohemian Rhapsody with operatic passion, alongside kids whose private lives I know to be traumatised and traumatising, having carved out of their day two hours of good, clean, safe fun. 

The impossible majesty of a new day announces itself with the sun rising over Herm. A flock of ducks flies by, beating and quacking, in perfect V formation. He is gone, but he is present. He is free.

The most time consuming, the most emotionally consuming, and the most rewarding part of my job is providing advocacy

Don’t mind me as I eat my words about talking shop. I promise, it’s bloody interesting, with vicissitudes of gravity and levity that whip from heart-wrenching to hilarious and back again in the space of hours, sometimes minutes.

Mornings are an eternally appreciating asset: they increase in value as long as you own them. If you own your morning, you can afford all that your day demands of you.

What’s new? What’s good? What’s the story morning glory? What’s the word humming bird?

AMA #10: “Do you prefer to travel alone, or with friends or a travel partner?”

AMA #9: “Did you feel unsafe? Do you think a solo female traveller would travel as freely?”