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As the ancient Chinese curse apparently has it, “may you live in interesting times”. While sounding superficially like a blessing, of cour...

I make no claim to any superpowers.  None of the really good ones, anyway. I can’t fly; I’m not the world’s greatest detective; I can’t clim...

TRIGGER WARNING : if you’re squeamish, you might want to sit this one out. -- I’ve been intermittently self-catheterising for a few years no...

Over the last couple of years, my MS has been steadily getting worse. Every time I sit down to write about this, I always seems to fall into...

I wrote to my MP again. Ruth Edwards replaced Kenneth Clarke in this constituency in 2019 and has been notably compliant with the Government...

For most of the time I've been in my monthly writing group, I've been doing a lot of "magical realism" style of fiction. I...

 It's been a little while, so how about we have a go at one of these? Earworms of the Week " Summer Breeze " - The Isley Broth...

The way I remember things, I breezed through my school years. Academically, at least.  I might still bear the emotional scars of every oth...

Me, the same month I started boarding   Have you ever wondered what it’s like to go to a boarding school? I bet you have, haven’t you? Maybe...

You’d imagine that the first time you die is something that you’ll never forget. Well, to be perfectly honest with you, all of my early deat...