by Liz | Oct 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
Read Part 1 here I’d just arrived in Bangkok at the end of Part 1, leaving the airport with my friend Jon and walking into a wall of heat. I’ve always loved Bangkok. A real 24-hour city. An explosion of noise, colour and possibility. A sense of things always being on...
by Liz | Oct 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
I’ve started this blog a few times and gone round in circles and started again. And again. It hasn’t been flowing, it hasn’t felt natural, like I’m trying too hard. It feels, to be honest, like work and as though I’m trying to write A Very Nice Feature. What I’m...
by Liz | Jul 22, 2018 | Rugby League
To Hull and back: the life of the first female rugby league referee in the UK takes centre stage When Julia Lee was growing up in Hull she lived and breathed rugby league and despite barriers put in her way, she went on to become the first female referee in the 13-man...
by Liz | Jun 27, 2018 | Swimming
Olympic medallist O’Connor boxing clever as she relishes gladiatorial arena Football. Rugby. Any sport really. Olympic 200m individual medley silver medallist Siobhan O’Connor loves them all. But it is when she is talking about boxing that the 22-year-old with...