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Welcome to the Dispatch section of my website.
Dispatch posts are:
* Short, under 300 words
* On a variety of topics
Confessions of a procrastiplanner and how I shake it off
Want to know a dirty little secret?
Hi, my name’s Ben and I’m a high-functioning procrastiplanner.
Procrastiplanning is
Why are there no free flatplan templates online?
I started a new job this week and it's been all sorts of exciting and energising which is
FILM REVIEW: The feast of grief, claustrophobia, hope and abjection in The Whale (2023)
I have never written a film review but I was bowled over by The Whale (2023), so I wanted to
The historical analysis method that will make you more zen in the present
When studying history we examine sources to explore the past.
And there’s a simple three-tier approach to source analysis
Defining public history
If you find history interesting and subscribe to or follow historical accounts online, you might have come across the term
What is history?
The word ‘history’ is often used as an umbrella term for memories, nostalgia, heritage and the past.
When we use
The Queen has died: Making sense of major historic moments
Seventy years is a long time to be in one job.
Especially if that job happens to be the constitutional
Sobertember: Why I'm quitting booze for a month
As the bus rounds the corner, I fold the last slice of doner kebab with my plastic fork, gather the