It’s National Writing Day! If you’ve been with us since the beginning, then you might know that theSprout has always been a place for you to get your voice heard…

Are you a writer? Reading the Sprout, there’s a fair chance that you are. Which is why you’re in luck, with this incredible new contest from The Big Issue magazine….

When I’m out and about these days, I usually introduce myself to people by way of my work. I tell them that I help to run a news and information…

How does living in Cardiff affect you? Does it make you a different person than living in Brecon, Oxford, or even the Valleys? Psychogeographer Peter Finch says there’s a simple…

Want to improve your writing? Here’s some tips on how to write a review from Mark Kermode, creative writing from Stephen King and general good advice from George Orwell. Mark…

Movie critic in the making? Top tips to writing your very own show review. Seen ‘Chef’ the movie? Ever wondered about becoming a food or arts critic? Here’s five top…

The Buddhists on bicycles set out, With eyes of glass and robes of fire, Past gleaming skyscrapers and leaning shanty towns; They travel to the sea to wash their hands….

Warm colours sweetly projected upon your walls and your mother soothed your troubles away, she kissed your forehead and held you tight and let affections cover you. Before she left…

Am I Normal Yet? – Holly Bourne Genre: Young Adult RRP £7.99 Modern YA fiction is often a tricky genre to discuss. Many cover so many important issues that come hand in…

C4 Pop Up is a series of networking events for young people between the ages of 16-25 who are passionate about the media industry. Each year, 4Talent organises five Pop…

This wonderful feature was originally published on 5 August 2010. It was written by our popular sub-editor and resident grammar Nazi, Dan Grosvenor, and went a bit viral when a…