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• Bread Basket
  by Neil Heath
  5th Oct 2026
  In 2003, I was asked if I could go to a BBC Sport conference on behalf of the whole East Midlands area. I felt flattered. I was only 24. I didn’t do that much sport apart from putting up local football reports on the local BBC website on Saturdays. Why me? I must be doing…
• Oh Neil… Hippy, Dippy or Astronaut?
  by Neil Heath
  30th Sep 2026
  I’ve been thinking a lot about my name. It’s Neil, in case that passed you by. Does a name affect your destiny? Apparently it does. There’s a psychological theory of nominative determinism. It’s the idea that your name shapes your life.  Neil is a name of Irish origin, meaning ‘champion’ or ‘warrior’ and erm… ‘cloud’.…
• How Improv Taught Me to Accept Who I Am
  by Neil Heath
  7th Sep 2026
  The opening night of the Robin Hood International Improv Festival (1 September 2026). I’m with my friends at the Malt Cross, in front of the world’s best improv performers and they’re loving what we’re doing. It’s so joyous. I can hear them laughing and it’s the biggest buzz. I feel like I belong here. I’m…