<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>https://ecency.com</link><image><url>https://ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>https://ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 07:20:06 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/@millen316/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[My Take On Covid-19]]></title><description><![CDATA[This week the World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the coronavirus (Covid-19) as a global pandemic. So far we have seen quarantines, self isolations, financial markets crash and supermarket shelves]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@millen316/my-take-on-covid-19</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@millen316/my-take-on-covid-19</guid><category><![CDATA[coronavirus]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[millen316]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2020 21:50:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Economics Of Peace]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Economics Of Peace Last year I came across the work of the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), an independent, not for profit research organisation dedicated to understanding the intersection]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@millen316/the-economics-of-peace</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@millen316/the-economics-of-peace</guid><category><![CDATA[peace]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[millen316]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2020 23:18:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A State Of Mind]]></title><description><![CDATA['Mental Health' is a term increasingly seen and used in all areas of life. In the last week I have seen and read numerous articles on Youtube, in books, online and at work increasing knowledge on the subject.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@millen316/a-state-of-mind</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@millen316/a-state-of-mind</guid><category><![CDATA[mentalheath]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[millen316]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2020 23:04:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brexit Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[So today the day is upon us that the United Kingdom will leave the European Union. A historic day which has been marked with mixed celebrations across the country and the minting of a new 50 pence piece.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@millen316/brexit-day</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@millen316/brexit-day</guid><category><![CDATA[brexit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[millen316]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 22:44:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why I Believe War Can Be Ended]]></title><description><![CDATA[One could argue that the subject of ‘History’ is a story of battles and wars between tribes and nations culminating in the two devastating world wars of the twentieth century. Even today the spectre of]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@millen316/why-i-believe-war-can-be-ended</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@millen316/why-i-believe-war-can-be-ended</guid><category><![CDATA[war]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[millen316]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jan 2020 23:52:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Want The Smoke]]></title><description><![CDATA[The transition from 2019 to 2020 has been a time to reflect on where I am in my life. Receiving news that I had been successful in my application for promotion a few days prior to Christmas enhanced some]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@millen316/i-want-the-smoke</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@millen316/i-want-the-smoke</guid><category><![CDATA[newyear]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[millen316]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jan 2020 13:39:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHRfvmtd53nmEJ94xpKydwmbSC5H5svBACH81KxFPrUvRiR1Vda6ZUKrbvstdQ8ZPKNz7QJ3fgffkELYkSvFsGybHn2HW6QBRkGdtALv8Vgq6mh7xNwgmFZ1z9z3NqUZC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book List 2019]]></title><description><![CDATA[Below is a list of the books I have read throughout the calendar year 2019. Unai Emery El Maestro - Romain Molina Autobiography Of A Yogi - Paramahansa Yogananada Walking To Jerusalem - Justin Butcher]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@millen316/book-list-2019</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@millen316/book-list-2019</guid><category><![CDATA[books]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[millen316]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2019 13:48:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prince Albert The End]]></title><description><![CDATA[Earlier this year I wrote about my experience playing for Prince Albert, a team in the Ashford & District Sunday Football League. My last update had brought me to a crossroads; facing a fight for my]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@millen316/prince-albert-the-end</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@millen316/prince-albert-the-end</guid><category><![CDATA[football]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[millen316]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 22:56:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Refugee Tales 2019 A Diary Part 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[Monday 8th July 2019 Alfriston - Eastbourne (by foot) - Ashford (by train) Three pints of IPA following the event the night before had encouraged my decision to sleep outside under the stars. It was peaceful]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@millen316/refugee-tales-2019-a-diary-part-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@millen316/refugee-tales-2019-a-diary-part-2</guid><category><![CDATA[refugees]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[millen316]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 22:31:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8JxyWvtbhvcm5k3roJwHBR4WTALx7XaoRovaXwfGS7DvczFQZnTZ9L8JgNAq62oVS6E95iABCHj5pmdeHGL6EjYcXtJijwrGzpAFmvcfAqwumj78mHAg62wXBC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Refugee Tales 2019 A Diary]]></title><description><![CDATA[Saturday 6th July 2019 Ashford - Lewes (by train) Catching the 19.24 train by the skin of my teeth, I headed on my way to Lewes to stay with a group of walkers (who have walked from Brighton today) made]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@millen316/refugee-tales-2019-a-diary</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@millen316/refugee-tales-2019-a-diary</guid><category><![CDATA[refugee]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[millen316]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2019 10:35:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8JxyWvtbhvcm5k3roJwHBR4WTALx7XaoRovqdKMyWmuCMsTfa6gHvffGBWmPrDX5iu6Xk6XEGK1UAmQ3QrCeiZ6aHkWu3NY3EzZjoqQUCphKxQUL7pj2wEuRzn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brexit Flextended]]></title><description><![CDATA[So today was the day that the United Kingdom (UK) was set to leave the European Union. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that the UK would be leaving with or without a deal and he would rather]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@millen316/brexit-flextended</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@millen316/brexit-flextended</guid><category><![CDATA[brexit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[millen316]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2019 00:10:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The International Day of Peace]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the summer of 2013 I took part in the Shift Network's Peace Ambassador Training hosted by James O'Dea and Phillip Helmich. The course included recordings and insightful discussions with figures such]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@millen316/the-international-day-of-peace</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@millen316/the-international-day-of-peace</guid><category><![CDATA[peaceday]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[millen316]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Sep 2019 12:30:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/8th8uW8KLF3eHoH9cVXk2SSr6eVkAARdFgoTu5NcF2rAG1o4Hys3ikKfwm15JNebay8cNe5jebWujHq8RDNooyKgYEqoK9q4SpEW7g91cBbtww5xbLZnoQDqidwp7xEkYNHqof8deRty2C7WMCHKJqyYiKdA3FkVD32ui8DayBEvHFaGxy8SeN7oyY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seeking Perfection]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have been thinking that sometimes things don't have to be perfect, sometimes they can't be. Sometimes, however hard you try there are other things which get in the way. There are times when your energy]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@millen316/seeking-perfection</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@millen316/seeking-perfection</guid><category><![CDATA[poem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[millen316]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2019 22:13:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brexit Update]]></title><description><![CDATA[I haven't written in a while so thought it was time to update following some developments regarding Brexit. First, a comment made by by Noel Gallagher, singer, songwriter & musician from the band Oasis]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@millen316/brexit-update</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@millen316/brexit-update</guid><category><![CDATA[brexit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[millen316]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Aug 2019 20:51:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meeting God]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last month I travelled to the Westgate Hall in Canterbury for an evening with Robbie Fowler; the former Liverpool, Leeds, Manchester City, Blackburn, Cardiff and England striker. As a Liverpool fan, Robbie]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@millen316/meeting-god</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@millen316/meeting-god</guid><category><![CDATA[robbiefowler]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[millen316]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2019 13:37:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCXUWJECrZbvn1NMPj1oFGUo3gYfF3NNPRD9WMx8qhE8vj4FytRxCBJxvvYHa4vHMLrQbAtPreGTQuB4XdehstdrZZXFg8cMUxu9L8iKnyYAS9crqrZsgdnrnVSSBQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[No Brexit]]></title><description><![CDATA[I wrote last December on millen316.com that I was very skeptical that a true Brexit would take place on 31st March 2019. So now more than a month after the original leaving date I am not surprised that]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@millen316/no-brexit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@millen316/no-brexit</guid><category><![CDATA[brexit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[millen316]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2019 12:41:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel, Palestine and Britain]]></title><description><![CDATA[I recently read Justin Butcher's Walking to Jerusalem. The book is about the author's experience of walking from London to Jerusalem with 60 others in support for equal rights to all people in the Holy]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@millen316/israel-palestine-and-britain</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@millen316/israel-palestine-and-britain</guid><category><![CDATA[palestine]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[millen316]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2019 22:31:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCXUWJECrZbvn1NMPj1oFGUo3gYfF3NNPRD9WR39wFyAGfWbjtFfKMYGv495y6fZifUVF1NCsaVzHdtn6cSm6hb6GPhBu1Lh14K66m8yPYkABEZ4aXdvj6c5VMjNjY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Walk Around Appledore, Kent]]></title><description><![CDATA[This week I went for a circular walk around Appledore in Kent. I took the route from the Explore Kent website which starts and ends next to the Church on the High street. The walk starts through the vineyards]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@millen316/a-walk-around-appledore-kent</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@millen316/a-walk-around-appledore-kent</guid><category><![CDATA[walking]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[millen316]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2019 00:20:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8JxyWvtbhvcm5k3roJwHBR4WTALx7XaoRovX6YeeCamzZBzrHFKw3AdqPwZxH87sfmsuBLihKjwPV6xtqPFDKwiy68tnRt5jAq6L7L2NGnnUtDM64PUEDVS4PQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Digital Era]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am writing this on my mobile phone which is an incredible example of technology. The age we live in now is unprecedented and it is staggering to think that the children of today will grow up always knowing]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@millen316/the-technological-age</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@millen316/the-technological-age</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[millen316]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2019 20:58:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[State of the World Address 2019]]></title><description><![CDATA[There has been so much going on recently; reading the headlines in the West it feels that the world has changed and is changing. In America, US President Trump shutdown the government and in France there]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@millen316/state-of-the-world-address-2019</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@millen316/state-of-the-world-address-2019</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[millen316]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2019 22:21:18 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>