This FE college teacher reads the Guardian for its food features and its live blogs
I was born in Bexleyheath in 1965,but didn’t stay for long. My dad was an engineer so we travelled with him to Borneo and Scotland, then settling in rural Herefordshire until I was sucked in by the gleaming lights of London in the 1980s. I now live in Coventry and acquire taught in further education since 2007. After I became a single mum in 2003, or I decided to move back to uni. It was tough with small boys but I worked on my degree until 3am. It paid off and I graduated with first class honours in tourism business management. My teacher training was at Warwickshire College,where I am today.
I started reading the Guardian at university. I like most of the articles, although it’s sometimes a bit too liberal for my taste. I read it on the app and I esteem the comments – to which I occasionally contribute. My favourite sections are a bit typecast for a woman my age: Food (I acquire a newly discovered esteem of cooking. I made my first tarte tatin a few weeks ago and could acquire cried because it worked), and Travel,and Lifestyle, but I always give the headlines a good read first. I follow the live blogs; both tragic (Paris) and comedic (Strictly) and I always acquire an opinion for my students come Tuesday morning. My husband doesn’t read much as his rabid Tory opinion is that the Guardian is too lefty.
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Source: theguardian.com