Stories Held in Contrast, Shared in Truth.
Across the UK, people are living through quiet reckonings and loud contradictions—clashes between past and future, tradition and innovation, self and society. This column is where those tensions take shape in words.
Each story reflects the very heart of Casual Clash: that contrast can be creative, and tension can be transformative. These aren’t just stories about conflict—they’re reflections on how individuals and communities respond, evolve, and grow through pressure.
From identity shifts to cultural collisions, changing cities to personal turning points, Clash & Grow: The Column gives voice to the moments that move us—and the meaning we make from them.
Because not every clash is a breakdown—some are the breakthrough.
Farmwashing: The Comfort We Buy vs The Truth We Avoid
How Supermarkets Sell the Illusion of Local Food — and Why We Keep Believing it In supermarkets across the UK,
Back… Again: Returning to Running and Mental Health
Where returning isn’t a failure but something more human. The Moment: Quiet Before the Return A stillness that comes before
Spoken in Ten, Rooted in One: Britain’s Evolving Identity, Word by Word
Just past Maryhill Road, a man in his forties gets on the bus and nods to the driver: “City Centre,
The Changing Face of Edinburgh: Between Stone and Glass
Stone remembers. Glass looks forward. Can they share the same sky? On a quiet morning in Edinburgh’s Old Town, scaffolding