Surely, we can do better than this, right?
Wired-up to a portable ECG monitor whilst I type, I feel like a hybrid human-cyborg. Doubtless this state-of-the art gizmo is cleverly reading all the electrical signals going to my [...]
A New Vocation
This chronic illness lark is like having a new job. So many appointments to attend. So many biological readings to document. So much research to undertake: a never-ending, insurmountable amount [...]
Chickens and hedgehogs
IMG_4126 We’ve had chickens in back our garden for over five years. The original three chickens are - miraculously - still alive. In fact, they’re in fine form! Now with [...]
The Middle Class Advantage?
(I would prefer never to speak of any particular “class”, but as the term retains utility, I shall use it.) On Friday evening, I had an emergency telephone consultation with [...]
In Cummings We Believe
This evening, Cummings enjoyed a one-hour prime-time slot, interviewed by his chum, Laura Kuenessberg. In this blog, I’ll set out Cummings’ broad thesis. The party system is flawed. As Cummings [...]
Get Well Soon?
Chronic conditions are the hardest to treat - as the prophetical Seth Godin just blogged here – simply because we don’t pay them sufficient energy. This is not just true [...]
Potholes
In the days following his murder – though the Jury deemed it to be Death by Dangerous Driving – often I would find myself, in the middle of the night, [...]
Diagnosis: Dysautonomia
(This is written primarily for my kids, and for me) Dysautonomia is my diagnosis. I hadn’t heard of it, either. Essentially, it’s a syndrome – a collection of symptoms with [...]
Goodbye to the Lib Dems
This week, I resigned from the Liberal Democrats as my membership expired. It’s hard to dislike a Lib Dem: they are good people. Usually ideology-free, the Lib Dems wants the [...]
Return to the Office
Quite rightly, Covid has given us the chance to reconsider our lives. Nobody, it seems, wants to return to commuting. Environmentally, this is indisputably a good thing. Home working – [...]