Profundity was always my aim. To roll endlessly, allowing my true intellectual capacity to flow freely into the universe. Enlightening my inner adventurer to absorb the immeasurable. This is considerably easier on my trusty two-wheeled tourer, meandering through the cornucopia of cultures which is Europe. I, am European. The unitiatiated observer may well consider my…
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The Barber Shop Chronicles – Collaborative Review by learners at Endeavour
The Barber’s Shop: a place where men go to get shape ups and talk about anything and everything without necessarily revealing how they feel. So, what happens when men spend a lot of time in the company of other men? They watch a lot of football, obviously. Men watching the match ties the play together:…
Short Story Competition Winner
Through volunteering at Clumber Park, a National Trust property in the Midlands, I became interested in organising a short story competition with the title, “The Bridge”. I piloted the competition with young learners at Endeavour, based in Burngreave, Sheffield. This is the winning entry written by Lorena who has been a student at Endeavour since…
The Elusive Tulips
I don’t know if anyone else remembers the cold, dark summer we had a few years ago? It was a grim start to the year when NOTHING grew. I had the romantic notion that I would take my two little ones to the Keukenhof Gardens in the Netherlands for our Easter holiday and we would…
How Do You Talk To Strangers?
As a bookshop volunteer at The National Trust, I’m very fond of striking up conversations with strangers over books, cake and coffee. That’s one of the great things about working for a charity: that you are allowed to listen and interact. It is those kinds of conversations which brighten up your day and it is…
Salsa in Sheffield
There is a thriving salsa scene. This blog just gets more random every day!
