General Life Archives - Ben Silveston

2019: New year, same me

01/01/201903/01/2019General Life2018, 2019, appendicitis, comeback, failure, fitness, personal development, programming, sport, success

So, we enter the last year of the “10s” decade. After a busy and successful 2018, I’m ready to begin another year of the same sort of (good) stuff. From spending days programming, to sport

The Magic Hour: 60 mins of unique and awesome trickery

19/04/201619/04/2016Events, General Lifebayswater, hyde park, hyde park hotel, inverness terrace, king edward vii, london, magic hour, magic show, nat cowan, queensway, roger moore, sir roger moore, sonic, sonic middleton, theatre, tony middleton, west end

On Friday 15th April, I was invited by Nat Cowan to attend a magic show called The Magic Hour. But this was just not any magic show. For this was a magician who is also

Fashion: not just for the females

29/02/201608/03/2016Fashion, Music2016, clothes, fashion, female, gender, james bay, loud fashion, male, men, menswear, modelling, models, music, next, oxford street, river island, topman, trendy fashion, women

We wear clothes everyday (unless one likes being naked – no, that is NOT me, sorry ladies)! Anyway, with so many types of clothes that are available in the shops and that people wear these

2016: The Year of Change (hopefully…!)

11/01/201624/03/2016General Life2015, 2016, field hockey, guitar playing, knee injury, physiotherapy, web development

So, we are now in 2016 and after a tough 2015, it’s time to put the wrongs right. To start with, I’m improving my skills in Web Development and hope to be starting my first

2015: The toughest year of my life

30/12/201517/02/2016General Life2015, 2016, challenges, driving test, field hockey, fitness, foo fighters, knee operation, mental, mental challenges, milton keynes bowl, physical, physical challenges

It does seem quite a statement but it’s true. Every year I have faced many different mental challenges. But never so many physical ones. 15 months on from my knee operation, it has been hard

Top Gear: End of an era

29/06/201517/02/2016General Lifebbc, bbc top gear, chris evans, james may, jeremy clarkson, jimmy saville, joey barton, richard hammond, top gear

Last night, Top Gear with the trio of Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond came to an end, and for good. This is really sad not just for me but also for many people

Being selfish: is it all bad?

09/05/201517/02/2016General Lifeattitude, attitudes, behaviour, behaviours, selfish, selfishness

People think of the word “selfish” as being generally very negative but the question is, is it? Yes, it is wrong in some ways to only consider yourself and not others. However considering others does

More motivated than ever!

28/04/201517/02/2016General Lifeknee, knee operation, motivation, operation

In September 2014, I undertook knee surgery. This resulted in me using crutches for about 6-8 weeks. Believe me that was hard going. Being very active generally, and not being able to do what I