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gilburt and paul: editorial design and teaching

We are an editorial design partnership specialising in magazine and newspaper design. Partner Nick Paul also teaches editorial design to graphic design and journalism students at UK universities. Our work and our design blog can be viewed below.

gilburt and paul: work portfolios and teaching

Magazine design

Published by nickandh

From consumer to customer, motoring to membership and business to business – here’s a selection of magazines that we’ve designed over the years.

July 24, 2015
Our portfolio

Newspaper design

Published by nickandh

We relish the demands and discipline of newspaper design and in today’s fast changing media landscape a great looking, well crafted newspaper is more important than ever.

July 24, 2015
Our portfolio

Other design work

Published by nickandh

Including cricket match-day programmes, company brochures, complex annual reports and accounts, branding and other marketing material.

July 24, 2015
Our portfolio

Teaching

Published by nickandh

Nick is available for guest lectures, talks and workshops on magazine and newspaper design and has taught graphic design students and journalism students at various UK universities including the...

November 18, 2014
Our portfolio, Teaching

design notebook (blog): some thoughts on editorial design, typography, illustration and photography

April 14, 2018

Cowles

Notebook: 8 April 2018 | MAGAZINES A profile of Andy Cowles – international, multi-award winning creative development director On...

by nickandh
April 13, 2018

Magazine Canteen

Notebook: Friday 13 April 2018 | MAGAZINES | PHOTOGRAPHY In February this year there was sad news that the...

by nickandh
March 28, 2018

Oh sh*t, what now?

Notebook: 28 March 2018 | BOOK REVIEW Oh Sh*t, What Now? Honest Advice for New Graphic Designers by Craig Oldham....

by nickandh
March 23, 2018

An olfactory excursion, part 2: Odour television

Picture: Plaster of Paris dogs – the remains of a model explaining how odour TV might have worked. See...

by nickandh
March 17, 2018

Moon Touch Down

Notebook: 16 March 2018 | TYPOGRAPHY | NEWSPAPERS Spotted in a corridor at Sheffield Hallam University – the front...

by nickandh
March 7, 2018

A2Z+ book review

Above: Front and back covers of a school kit, USSR 1968 (Pollocks Toy Museum). From A2Z+ by Julian Rothenstein...

by nickandh
February 24, 2018

Digging through the women’s magazine graveyard

Notebook: 23 February 2018 | MAGAZINES | TYPOGRAPHY | PHOTOGRAPHY I’ve been reading Paul Gorman’s ‘The Story of The...

by nickandh
February 1, 2018

An olfactory excursion, part 1: Uncle Ernie

Notebook: 31 January 2018 | SMELL Forgive my self indulgence as I put all thoughts of editorial design temporarily to...

by nickandh
January 22, 2018

Busy week for news design geek

Notebook: 21 January 2018 | NEWSPAPERS It’s been a busy week for a news design enthusiast like myself –...

by nickandh
January 13, 2018

NYT mag masthead mash-up

Notebook: 12 January 2018 | MAGAZINES | PHOTOGRAPHY Some of the best looking and most effective magazine covers are...

by nickandh
January 8, 2018

Radio Times covers from the late 70s/early 80s

Notebook: 8 January 2018 | MAGAZINES | ILLUSTRATION I’ve unearthed a bunch of old Radio Times covers that I...

by nickandh
December 13, 2017

Nesta

Notebook: 13 December 2018 | ILLUSTRATION We are creatures of habit. Our routines give our lives order and help...

by nickandh
November 4, 2017

A History of Fish in the Home

Notebook: 4 November 2017 | ILLUSTRATION I like fish. I like the way they look, I like the way they...

by nickandh
October 5, 2017

‘The Visual History of Type’ reviewed

Notebook: 2 October 2017 | BOOK REVIEW | TYPOGRAPHY The Visual History of Type by Paul McNeil. Published by...

by nickandh
September 5, 2017

Best of my summer reading

Notebook: 5 September 2017 | MAGAZINES Earlier in the summer I visited the magculture shop in Clerkenwell and came...

by nickandh
August 24, 2017

Raw re-visited

Notebook: 11 August 2017 | ILLUSTRATION | COMICS I have a collection of old copies of the dazzling Raw magazine...

by nickandh
August 9, 2017

Transition: Elsewhere No. 5 – A Journal of Place

Notebook: 5 August 2017 | MAGAZINES | ILLUSTRATION We live in a small hamlet on the edge of a...

by nickandh
July 30, 2017

A square measure

Notebook: 29 July 2017 |  VOLUNTARY WORK | THE C-WORD In 2006, spurred on by England Cricket’s epic Ashes win...

by nickandh
July 12, 2017

Liking US: University of Sussex branding

Notebook: 10 July 2017 | BRANDING I like this cluster of publications produced by the University of Sussex (US)...

by nickandh
July 5, 2017

It’s showtime: A visit to the LCC and NUA graphics exhibitions

Notebook: 5 July 2017 | DEGREE SHOWS Last year I managed to squeeze in visits to 11 different graphic...

by nickandh
June 20, 2017

Reading, writing and typography

Pictured above. A collection of old signs and letters on display in the Department of Typography and Graphic Communication...

by nickandh
May 30, 2017

Newies but goodies

Notebook 25 May 2017 | MAGAZINES Last month I wrote about a cluster of wonderful old magazines that I’d unearthed...

by nickandh
April 28, 2017

Oldies but goodies

Notebook: 28 April | MAGAZINES The office is a mess. I have too many old magazines and newspapers cluttering up...

by nickandh
April 11, 2017

magCulture Meets Real Review

Notebook: 6 April 2017 | MAGAZINES magCulture Meets are a monthly series of informal talks by magazine makers and designers...

by nickandh
April 3, 2017

New look Sunday Times: packing a punch but with style

Notebook: 3 April 2017 | NEWSPAPERS The Sunday Times newspaper has just undergone a much-needed redesign (with a little help...

by nickandh
April 2, 2017

Orwell

Notebook: 13 April 2017 | BRANDING | TYPOGRAPHY When I’m not designing for Gilburt and Paul, or teaching editorial...

by nickandh
March 29, 2017

Attention to detail

Notebook: 29 March 2017 | NEWSPAPERS | DIGITAL Over the last couple of years, and with little fanfare, The...

by nickandh
March 20, 2017

George Hardie retrospective. Brighton Uni’, 11 March – 7 April 2017

Above: One of George Hardie’s earliest designs/illustrations produced when he was still a student at the Royal College of...

by nickandh
February 22, 2017

Wrestling with a broadsheet

Notebook 8 February 2017 | NEWSPAPERS | TEACHING Norwich University of the Arts (NUA) is one of the few graphic design...

by nickandh
February 20, 2017

A tale of two albums

Notebook: 25 February 2017 | MUSICAL INTERLUDE | ALBUM COVER DESIGN A tale of two albums In June 1979 I graduated...

by nickandh
January 21, 2017

Remember Eat Soup?

Notebook: 20 January 2016 | MAGAZINES I’ve been teaching journalism students about magazine publishing – reader profile, branding, content, editorial design,...

by nickandh
January 15, 2017

Illustrator Melvyn Evans

Notebook: 15 January 2017 | ILLUSTRATION One of my favourite illustrator/artists is Melvyn Evans. He works with a variety...

by nickandh
January 14, 2017

The NYT mag – less is more

Notebook: 13 January with updates 6 July 2017 | MAGAZINES On Sunday 1 January 2017 The New York Times...

by nickandh
January 13, 2017

One for the coffee table

Notebook: 13 January 2017 | BOOK DESIGN I’ve just received my printed copy of a book I designed for...

by nickandh
September 6, 2016

A review of Real Review, The California Sunday Magazine and IL

Notebook: 5 September 2016 | MAGAZINES Last Wednesday I had a meeting in Spitalfields. With an hour to fill...

by nickandh
September 3, 2016

Monocle 24 on magazine (and book) cover design

Notebook: 3 September 2016 | MAGAZINES | BOOK DESIGN Monocle 24 is a live, 24-hour radio show broadcast from Marylebone,...

by nickandh
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August 18, 2016

Tim Walker’s portraits for the Vogue centenary issue

Notebook: 18 August 2016 | PHOTOGRAPHY Just filing away some mags and in amongst them is the June 2016...

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August 10, 2016

Niiice…

Notebook: 10 August 2016 | VIDEO | MUSIC | TYPOGRAPHY | THE C-WORD Some of you will know that I’m...

by nickandh
August 10, 2016

Optima and co – it’s a love/hate thing

Notebook: 21 November 2015 and updated 10 August 2016 | TYPOGRAPHY Above: Optima graphic from MyFonts.com website Optima is one...

by nickandh
August 1, 2016

The Vanity of Small Differences

Pictured above: The artist Grayson Perry in front of one of his six tapestries that make up the series ‘The...

by nickandh
July 5, 2016

Emerging talent 2016. Part three: Leicester / LCC / CSM

Notebook: 4 July 2016 | DEGREE SHOWS With the annual summer graphic design degree shows almost over for another...

by nickandh
June 20, 2016

Emerging talent 2016. Part two: Cambridge / Southampton / Winchester

Notebook: 19 June 2016 | DEGREE SHOWS June 2016 and it’s showtime for thousands of final-year art and design students pouring...

by nickandh
June 8, 2016

The best of the Ali tribute supplements

Notebook: 7 June 2016 | NEWSPAPERS A big news event often brings out the best journalism and news design –...

by nickandh
June 7, 2016

Emerging talent 2016. Part one: Coventry / Norwich / Ipswich

Notebook: 6 June 2016 | DEGREE SHOWS Every June many hundreds of graphic design graduates complete their three years...

by nickandh
May 23, 2016

Design heroes: Robert Brownjohn 2

Notebook: 23 May 2016 | DESIGN HEROES A year ago I wrote a short article about one of my design heroes,...

by nickandh
May 12, 2016

Spoilt for choice – London’s listings mags in the early 1980s

Notebook: 12 May 2016 | MAGAZINES Just had a sort out in the studio and I’ve come across some...

by nickandh
April 28, 2016

Here, there and ELSEWHERE

Notebook: 24 April 2016 | MAGAZINES Last week I had a business meeting at The Royal Academy on Piccadilly....

by nickandh
April 14, 2016

inews.co.uk: Black and white and red all over

Notebook: 14 April 2016 | NEWSPAPERS | DIGITAL It’s been an eventful start to the year for the UK...

by nickandh
March 24, 2016

Les Mason and the Epicurean covers

Notebook: 24 March 2016 | MAGAZINES | DESIGN HEROES Years ago on a trip to Australia, I was strolling...

by nickandh
March 15, 2016

30 years of Independent design

Notebook: 22 March 2016 | NEWSPAPERS During its 30 year existence The Independent newspaper went through several changes of clothes and...

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March 9, 2016

35 from 35: Part one

Notebook: 9 March 2016 | ILLUSTRATION 35 from 35. Part one: 10 commissioned illustrations from the 1980s Good editorial design...

by nickandh
March 7, 2016

Editorial design for journalists

Notebook: 6 March 2016 | TEACHING I’ve recently been working as a visiting lecturer at various UK universities teaching...

by nickandh
March 2, 2016

It’s a New Day

Notebook 2 March 2016 | NEWSPAPERS I dislike the Daily Mail and the Daily Express – not just because...

by nickandh
February 24, 2016

Nest

Notebook: 24 February 2016 | MAGAZINES I’ve just discovered three old copies of Nest magazine in the shed. I must have...

by nickandh
February 18, 2016

A love for portrait photography

Notebook: 18 February 2016: PHOTOGRAPHY I’m a big fan of strong editorial portrait photography and a lovely little book...

by nickandh
February 17, 2016

The Canary

Notebook: 17 February 2016 | MAGAZINES I’ve recently completed work on the design and layout of The Canary magazine...

by nickandh
February 15, 2016

4 kilos of indie mags

Notebook: 15 Feb 2016 | MAGAZINES Last month I visited the fabulous magCulture shop in Clerkenwell, London. They stock...

by nickandh
February 9, 2016

The Architects’ Journal

Notebook: 9 February 2016 | MAGAZINES | TYPOGRAPHY | PHOTOGRAPHY If you rummage around on the lower shelves at...

by nickandh
January 21, 2016

Stickyscapes

Notebook: 21 January 2016 | ILLUSTRATION | BOOK REVIEW The publisher Laurence King produce some very nice books on...

by nickandh
January 18, 2016

Bowie tribute issues – how the quality press covered his death

Above: The Guardian front page 12.1.16. Design by Guardian Design. Photo by Lord Snowden 1978 Notebook: 18 January |...

by nickandh
January 17, 2016

Remembering Peter Sullivan

Notebook 17 January 2016 | NEWSPAPERS | INFOGRAPHICS I’ve been helping with some teaching on the excellent Design for Publishing...

by nickandh
January 7, 2016

Illustrator Nick Shepherd

Notebook: 7 January 2015 | ILLUSTRATION If an editorial designer has great images to work with then sometimes it’s best...

by nickandh
January 1, 2016

Over the hills and far away

Notebook: 1 January 2016 | BOOK DESIGN | POETRY As a child I dreamt of being an architect but I...

by nickandh
December 21, 2015

Ikon stock illustration

Notebook 21 December 2015 | ILLUSTRATION The best stock illustration agency that I’ve come across is Ikon Images who’ve been around...

by nickandh
November 27, 2015

The Sun isn’t shining

Notebook: 26 November 2015 | NEWSPAPERS | DIGITAL Five weeks ago I reviewed the design of all the national...

by nickandh
November 18, 2015

Hearty illustration

Notebook: 18 November 2015 | ILLUSTRATION | BOOK REVIEW One of the best illustration agencies is Heart. They were...

by nickandh
November 16, 2015

Working with photographers

Notebook: 16 November 2015 | PHOTOGRAPHY Photo shows the opening spread of a travel/car feature from Saab Magazine. The pictures...

by nickandh
November 12, 2015

Archie Archambault’s maps

Notebook: 12 November 2015 | INFOGRAPHICS Archie Archambault describes himself as a designer and inventor. He’s an American who lives in...

by nickandh
November 4, 2015

magCulture

Notebook 1 November 2015 | RESOURCES magCulture is the website and online journal of the magazine designer, author and magazine expert Jeremy...

by nickandh
October 28, 2015

Eight Passion Proteins With Care

Notebook: 28 October 2015 | TYPOGRAPHY I have several old shoeboxes stuffed full of graphics goodies – bits of...

by nickandh
October 19, 2015

Newspaper website design 2

Notebook: 18 October 2015 | DIGITAL Part two: The Daily Mail | The Daily Express | The Daily Mirror | The Sun Here’s...

by nickandh
October 17, 2015

Newspaper website design 1

Notebook: 17 October 2015 | DIGITAL Part one: The Times | The Telegraph | The Guardian | The Independent...

by nickandh
October 15, 2015

Bridie Cheeseman 2

Notebook: 15 October 2015 | ILLUSTRATION I’m a big fan of the illustrator Bridie Cheeseman’s work. I like her naïve style...

by nickandh
October 9, 2015

Letraset, cardboard and a blackboard easel: TV infographics 1980 style

Notebook: 9 October 2015 | INFOGRAPHICS In the summer of 1980 I had a holiday job at BBC TV...

by nickandh
October 7, 2015

fontsinuse.com

Notebook: 7 October 2015 | RESOURCES | TYPOGRAPHY If you’ve not come across it before, fontsinuse.com is a good...

by nickandh
October 6, 2015

The Navigator

Notebook: 5 October 2015 | INFOGRAPHICS How Ray got from A to B before satnav Ray had been a navigator...

by nickandh
October 1, 2015

1940s/50s font catalogues from Soho skip

Notebook: 1 October 2015 | TYPOGRAPHY I found these font catalogues tossed in a skip full of builders’ rubble in...

by nickandh
September 29, 2015

In love with magazines

Above: A layout from The Happy Reader magazine. Issue no. 2 Notebook: 29 September 2015 | MAGAZINE DESIGN Every few years or...

by nickandh
September 27, 2015

It’s an ‘i weekend’

Notebook: Saturday 26 September 2015 | NEWSPAPER DESIGN The ‘i’ newspaper has been with us for nearly five years now. Its...

by nickandh
September 23, 2015

At the light-box

Notebook: 23 September 2015 | PICTURE EDITING A little bit of history: Rebecca Shannon (picture researcher), Nicky Wright (senior designer) and...

by nickandh
September 21, 2015

Adnams Jack Brand bottle labels

Notebook: 21 September 2015 I love these beer bottle labels for the Adnams range of Jack Brand craft beers. They’ve...

by nickandh
September 21, 2015

Ceylon Tea Centre tea type tags

Notebook: 21 September 2015 Anybody remember the Ceylon Tea Centres? They were a chain of self-serve restaurants in the 1960s....

by nickandh
September 15, 2015

Campaign magazine and the mysterious Mr Schenk

Notebook: 16 September 2015, with updates in December 2016 and May 2017 Long before the days of the internet...

by nickandh
September 5, 2015

The Grid – gone but not forgotten

Notebook: 5 September 2015 No, we’re not talking about the modular system used for the design and production of magazines and...

by nickandh
August 29, 2015

Illustration heroes: George Hardie

Notebook: 29 August 2015 As a graphic design student at Lanchester Polytechnic (now Coventry University) we had a terrific tutor...

by nickandh
August 25, 2015

Mirror’s design stands out amongst other red-tops

Notebook: 25 August 2015 Let’s face it, the design of the ‘red-top’ newspapers (Daily Mirror, The Sun and Daily Star)...

by nickandh
August 24, 2015

Our cricket club website clocks up 25,000 views in under 6 months

Notebook: 24 August 2015 Earlier in the year we put together a new website for our local village cricket team...

by nickandh
August 19, 2015

The Escapist

Notebook: 19 August 2015 Browsing through WHSmith at Norwich station I spotted The Escapist magazine. The Escapist is from...

by nickandh
August 15, 2015

New look website

Notebook: 15 August 2015 You’ll have noticed that we’ve re-done our website. We liked the old one but we...

by nickandh
August 13, 2015

White space

Notebook: 13 August 2015 Above: Simple but clever use of white space on the Guardian website. The empty space...

by nickandh
July 27, 2015

‘Libération’ redesign

Notebook: 15 June 2015 Wandering the streets of Paris in the early 1980s, I remember passing a news vendor’s stand and a copy...

by nickandh
July 27, 2015

Design heroes: Robert Brownjohn

Notebook: 5 June 2015 My dad used to bank with Midland Bank and when I was about 11 or 12 he...

by nickandh
July 27, 2015

Girl in red costume

Notebook: 18 May 2015 Would you believe that these beautiful pictures were shot in 1913 – they look as though they could...

by nickandh
July 25, 2015

Arunas Kacinskas

Notebook: 19 April 2015 I see that the illustrator Arunas Kacinskas has some very nice illustration in the May 2015 issue of...

by nickandh
July 25, 2015

I don’t like cricket, I love it

Notebook: 3 March 2015 Anyone who knows me well will know that I enjoy watching cricket and one of my latest...

by nickandh
July 25, 2015

Yum, yum

Notebook: 28 January 2015 There are some great looking food mags around at the moment and two of my favourites are Crumbs, a...

by nickandh
July 25, 2015

It’s horrible that

Notebook: 14 January 2015 Just been having a clear out and came across this poster that I designed for the Royal College...

by nickandh
July 25, 2015

It’s Nice That

Notebook: 13 January 2015 It’s Nice That is an excellent online magazine site focussing on graphics, illustration and photography. Founded in 2007, It’s Nice...

by nickandh
July 25, 2015

Woah! Easy boy

Notebook: 9 January 2015 I’ve been doing some work for the National Horseracing Museum in Newmarket. One of the exhibits at the museum...

by nickandh
July 25, 2015

Oh for long summer days

Notebook: 8 January 2015 Thank goodness the days are slowly getting longer. Here’s a short piece of writing by author Brian Earl...

by nickandh
July 25, 2015

Big, shiny white things

Notebook: 6 January 2015 Love this picture by Alex P of the Rolls Royce Wraith in front of the Silver Whisper...

by nickandh
July 25, 2015

Posh People

Notebook: 2 December 2014.  Photo by Jim Naughten In the 1980s I lived for a couple of years in Fulham, west...

by nickandh
July 25, 2015

In Praise of Folly

Notebook: 30 November 2014 Matthew Richardson, one of my favourite illustrators, has done the drawings for a new edition of In Praise...

by nickandh
July 25, 2015

Musical interlude 2

Notebook: 26 October 2014 Some of my teenage memories from the early 1970s are of grey, damp skies, cold, wet feet, violence at...

by nickandh
July 25, 2015

Cover Junkie

Notebook: 26 October 2014 If you’ve not come across it before, take a look at the website coverjunkie. It’s an Aladdin’s cave...

by nickandh
July 25, 2015

Musical interlude 1

Notebook: 15 October 2014 Has anyone read John Lydon’s latest autobiography, ‘Anger is an Energy’? It sounds like a good ‘un if today’s review...

by nickandh
July 25, 2015

Print v digital

Notebook: 13 October 2014 The latest issue of Army Cadet magazine landed in the Archant Dialogue office today. The first thing we all...

by nickandh
July 25, 2015

Hakan Ludwigson

Notebook: 19 October 2014 Flicking through Condé Nast Traveller mag recently, I noticed some pictures by Hakan Ludwigson. That was a name from the...

by nickandh
July 24, 2015

Design heroes: David King

Notebook: 17 October 2014 Having just watched the wonderful film Pride which is set in 1984 and is based on a true...

by nickandh
July 24, 2015

Bridie Cheeseman

Notebook: 18 September 2014 My niece, Bridie Cheeseman, recently graduated from the illustration course at Falmouth School of Art. I love her naïve and sometimes...

by nickandh
November 18, 2014

Teaching

Nick is available for guest lectures, talks and workshops on magazine and newspaper design and has taught graphic design...

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January 2, 2014

Teaching

Nick teaches editorial design to graphic design and journalism students. Click on the headline or image for more information.

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about gilburt and paul

Gilburt and Paul is an editorial design partnership based in the UK. Nick Paul has over 30 years experience as a magazine and newspaper designer in London and more recently with national media group Archant in Norfolk, where he was creative director of Archant Dialogue, the content marketing agency. Nick is available for new designs, re-designs, in-house layout, creative direction, coaching, consultancy and teaching. Helen Gilburt is studio manager

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"I have worked with Nick Paul for 15 years. As a magazine designer, he is second to none. As a creative director, his ideas always push the boundaries. As a person, he is truly wonderful to work with. An absolute craftsman in his field"

Zöe Francis, Publishing Director, Archant Dialogue

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"Nick's attention to detail and ability to instantly grab hold of a client brief, dissect it, deliver quick visuals and then a polished finished project are exceptional. If you choose to work with Nick, then you can be sure you will be in safe hands, have access to a highly creative brain and see your projects come to life in style"

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"Nick, thanks for a great talk – it was genuinely engaging and I really enjoyed it. The information was spot on and the students learnt much about the realities of designing for the magazine industry. They have given me lots of good feedback and we shall have to get you back down to run a workshop."

Nick Long, Course Leader Graphic Design, Southampton Solent University

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"Nick is a font and design genius and he manages to achieve the effortlessly beautiful through his work. It was a pleasure to work with him"

Robyn Bechelet, Launch Editor, Kent Weekend

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"The students recognised and respected the scale of your knowledge and they also came to like you immensely and speak of you with affection. However the biggest testament to your success is the quality of work they produced as a result of your tuition and this was singled out for praise by our external examiners"

Kate Ironside, Senior Lecturer Journalism, University of Bedfordshire

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“Nick – thanks very much for your excellent day’s workshop with my 1st year journalism students. They certainly learnt a huge amount about magazine and newspaper design which I know will prove to be very valuable for them going forward – and it was great to see them so enthused. As a professional journalist even I picked up loads of really useful information which I wish I’d have known at their age”

Jon Boyle, Journalism Lecturer, University of Bedfordshire

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