by Eloise Cox | May 27, 2025 | Offbeat
Some days feel like they’re destined to be bad. Everything is going wrong: the milk in the fridge has gone off, the shower isn’t free when you need it, you set off for a day out in Crocs and it starts to rain. No matter how hard you try, having a good day just doesn’t...
by Eloise Cox | May 23, 2025 | Offbeat
I entered West Park Psychiatric Hospital in Darlington. Dazed from a two-hour journey at six in the morning, I follow signs for an education centre. The corridors gradually become less like a hospital and more like those of a corporate building. Finally, I got...
by Eloise Cox | May 23, 2025 | Science and Nature
Motor Neurone Disease (MND) is a progressive neurological condition that affects the brain and spinal cord. It causes muscle weakness that gets worse over months or years, and it significantly reduces life expectancy. It’s not the only debilitating and cruel...
by Eloise Cox | May 23, 2025 | Recreation
The temptation to drive five minutes down the road instead of walking fifteen minutes is all too real when a car is tempting you from your driveway. But there’s always something niggling at you as you drive along that you try to drown out by turning Beyonce up on the...
by Eloise Cox | May 23, 2025 | Offbeat
It’s easy in today’s world of social media to get caught up in negative content and doom scrolling. It can be almost addictive. But what would happen if we replaced these videos on our Instagram feeds with those of people doing something inspiring? Normal people, with...
