Underclass Hero with Matt Taylor

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Are writing development programmes worth it?
A reflection essay after finishing New Writing North's A Writing Chance programme for working-class writers. Learning how to belong in a world that…
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Are working-class people in the music industry destined to be Remy from Ratatouille?
On barriers, rats, and the unlikely heroes hidden in plain sight
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Matt Taylor
I met Giles Martin - Not the normal I ever dared to expect.
Most days, this life now feels ordinary. I’m not gonna lie, I take it for granted. Yet every so often these moments remind me of how unusual it is that…
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April 2025

February 2025

January 2025

Are Traditions Important?
Traditions form a collective identity. They touch us, connect us, expand us. As much as I hated being paraded down the street in a silly hat, gown, and…
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Photos Define a Person – Pt. 2
Care leavers are left with gaps in their history, denied the ability to be a definitive person, their childhood denied existence because it’s impossible…
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New Year’s Resolutions: Is there any point?
New Year’s Resolutions are about forming new habits. Why not form the habit that will allow you to create further habits?
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December 2024

My Writing Journey 2024 Wrapped | Lyric Essay
Riding the Undertow: A Year-Long Journey Through Chaos, Creativity, and the Stormy Soundtrack of Life.
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The time I went to the BRIT Awards 2018
In one night, I went from absolute extravagance watching a Lamborghini get smashed up on stage, to absolute destitution in Kings Cross McDonalds.
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R-A-T: The three letter word I'll never be able to say
Have you really left your hometown if its myths still control the way you speak? How the folklore of the Isle of Man has kept me there despite leaving…
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Photos Define A Person - pt. 1
For a long time, I believed there were no photos from me living in children's homes. Here is my complicated journey on attempting to track some down.
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