Last week I lived on £1 a day to raise awareness of extreme poverty. So did 3,000 other people in the UK and over 15,000 worldwide. The £1 a day has to cover all of your food and drink for five days.

Within the rules of the...

Yesterday (Thursday) was a real struggle, my energy levels were low and being productive was an uphill battle. I went out after work today and sat in the pub drinking water whilst people ate and drank around me, and by the time I left the pub I was longing for...

International development was, for the wrong reasons, in the news yesterday, on the same day that, for the right reasons, thousands of people in the UK and hundreds of thousands of people globally are continuing to live on £1 a day to raise awareness of extreme global poverty....

I am realising that I did not plan this very well. I think I should have enough food to get me through the week as long as I top it up with my remaining 51p, but I definitely do not have enough variety or fruit and vegetables.

I do...

Lidl had an offer on tea bags, 27p for 80, this has made my week. So I bought 80 tea bags, two jacket potatoes, a bag of rice, a tin of chickpeas, 10 eggs, a tin of tuna, two packs of chicken instant noodles, a carton of passata, a pint...

To say that I could have started this process better prepared is an understatement. This Bank Holiday Monday has somehow crept up on me and I woke up this morning having not done my shopping and with my usual craving for first cup of tea.

So now here I am,...