This year is an election year. We now know this for certain, as Rishi Sunak confirmed as much in an interview the BBC on Thursday 4 January. Exactly when the election will take place is still yet to be seen, despite Sunak's unconvincing line that his working assumption is that it will be in the second half of the year. With an election on the horizon, we are presented with an opportunity to choose. And for my money, there's only one clear choice.
It's funny, isn't it? You have plans, thoughts about what you're going to do. Then, without warning, they completely change. You find yourself doing something totally different to what you thought.
As part of a creative writing exchange I did with a dear friend of mine, after proof-reading and editing a book they were writing, they asked me to put my red pen down and instead, do some writing of my own. This was written in the space of about an hour and is just a playful piece they came to me as I wrote it. It's not part of a wider story. However, as I was writing, I imagined it being the opening chapter to a book about a person's journey into the history of the cosmos.
Tonight, I'm turning inwards. I'm going to interview myself. Here are ten answers to 10 questions to help you get to know me.
The originally-suggested title for this article was facts to make your hairs stand on end. Now, I'm one of the biggest Prince fans around, but even I don't think a Prince fact could have that affect on me. Instead, here are 15 Prince facts that will make you feel...something...maybe.