Tough times. Even tougher people.
Reading Time: 3 Minutes It was February and Jason Fruen stood nervously in the Manchester rain. He was wet and stiff with cold, having spent hours close to one of Europe’s busiest motorways, while people with cars, jobs and money drove past him. The 2008 recession had just started, his temporary job had just finished and his home was in…
moreReading Time: 5 Minutes 1-0 up with just ten minutes to play! The FA Cup Semi-Final 2014. Jordi Gomez had converted a penalty fifteen minutes before to put Wigan Athletic in front against Arsenal. If Latics could survive these last few minutes, they would reach the final for only the second time in their history. What a moment for our…
more“I was too cowardly to kill myself but I hoped the trip might do it for me,” Julia Buhring said, reflecting on her record-breaking cycling trip round the world in 2012. She was referring to the depression she experienced after the fatal crocodile attack suffered by her explorer partner two years earlier. This bereavement, coupled with childhood experiences growing up…
more