In this latest guest post, Wendy Smithers of It’s Not Your Birthday But asks what happens to our sense of place if we consider the parts we haven’t yet reached. It’s only natural that we develop a sense of place based on our interests, networks and needs. Whether that’s joining a running club, making friends

There’s a scene in Michael Winterbottom’s 1999 film Wonderland when Gina McKee’s character Nadia takes the Night Bus home across the Thames from central London.  The image of a somewhat pensive young woman alone on the upper deck is exquisitely evocative of a certain time of night, time of life – and time of night

Charity consultant and multi-volunteer Richard Sved has written the latest in my Sense of Place blog series. I’ve always thought of myself as a London boy. I grew up in north London, my football team is based in north London (the red and white one) and most of my friends and family lived there. But