About

Hi! I’m Tom.

This blog began in 2015 to document my gap year with Project Trust. Nowadays I use it to write about my life and travels. I grew up in the UK, volunteered for Project Trust, and read Classics at the University of Edinburgh.

I now work for Project Trust while (slowly) completing a Master’s by Research in Queer Greek Lyric Poetry.Alongside that I work as a private tutor and hold a few zero-hours roles at the University.

What’s on this Blog?

  • Project Trust

    2015-2016

    For my Project Trust placement, I lived in Karamay, Xinjiang – read all about it:

    Project Trust

  • The Trans-Siberian Railway

    2018

    In the Summer of 2018, my friends and I revisited China, and traversed breadth of Asia by rail. Why did we do this? Find out:

    Trans-Siberia

  • Slovakia

    2020

    I briefly lived in Bratislava, Slovakia, and let me tell you, moving during a pandemic was an experience…

    Slovakia

  • Poetry Advent Calendar

    2024

    I decided to share an advent calendar of poems I like – please enjoy and feel free to share any thoughts or responses you have to the poems!

    Advent 2024

This blog is personal, and so are all the opinions on it. Posts don’t necessarily represent what I think today – I do edit, but try to retain the sense of the original.

–TJC