Writers
Volunteer writers provide us with some of the most popular content for the Real Life section. Have a look at some of their latest conributions.
Diarists
Anthony Wise, 24
Anthony is our globetrotting diarist and has volunteered for us for over two years. He started in 2007 chronicling his festival fun and is currently on a round the world trip.
Viks suffers from M.E. and has been bed-bound since she was 17. In 2006 Viks founded Post Pals, a website that allows you to send letters to terminally ill children. She sends us regular updates on what she's been up to and how her recovery is going.
Lily, 22
Lily studies Politics, philosophy and economics at York University. She's been our student diarist for the past three years and gives us regular updates on the ups and downs of uni life.
Joe Henegan, 20
Joe's been trying to pass his driving test for the past year to no avail, but we've still got hope. He tells us about his progress behind the wheel and how many majors and minors he got.
Ranters
Zoë Portsmouth, 17
Zoë is in her first year of 6th form studying A-levels. She loves writing and wants to become a journalist. In Bobbies on heat, Zoë talks about feeling let down by the police and thinks they need to earn respect to get respect.
Luke Geraghty, 20
Luke is in his second year of a Linguistics degree. He's not sure exactly where it will take him but he's hoping he'll understand the language when he gets there! Check out Luke's rant entitled Reality Cheque.
Maryam Bhatti, 17
Maryam is currently studying for her A-levels. She's looking forward to a career in journalism and absolutely loves shopping. Fuggly Fashion tells us why she'll never stoop to buying cheap knock-offs, nor will she fork out for the real deal.
Rachael Black, 22
Rachael is a student studying English Literature. She hopes to travel to Iceland one day and stalk Bjork. Rachael rants about her shyness in Beetroot Blues.
True story writers
Jonathan, 22
Jonathan has been teetotal almost all his life. In My sober social life, he tells us why he doesn't drink alcohol and what impact it's had on his life.
Nicola*, 25
Nicola* tells us how she got her life back on track after becoming addicted to heroin - read her story in Coming off Heroin. *Details have been changed to protect her identity.
Hai-man, 23
Hai-man tells us about her money-saving skills in My secret savings. Find out why she's got a secret stash of cash under her bed.
Ellie, 25 and Nick, 22
What makes young people in the prime of their social lives give up drinking? It isn't as unusual as you might expect, as Ellie and Nick prove in Giving up booze.
Factsheet writers
Amy has written two articles on cycling. The first is about getting a bike and then using it.
Rosie has written an article on camping.
