(Published in The Stray Ferret here: https://thestrayferret.co.uk/news/latest/opinion-how-staying-at-harrogate-hospital-made-me-rethink-healthcare) The most beautiful moment of my life occurred in Harrogate Hospital in October 2024. I want to use this column to tell you [...]
Published in The Stray Ferret here: https://thestrayferret.co.uk/news/latest/a-tale-of-two-harrogate-cinemas-odeon-vs-everyman If Orange Wednesdays were still a thing, we all know where they’d happen. The Odeon. Not the Everyman. That was peak cinema for [...]
Geopolitics comes to Harrogate (Published on 11 January 2026: https://thestrayferret.co.uk/news/latest/opinion-what-would-a-nato-wobble-mean-for-the-harrogate-district) May we live in interesting times. That old Chinese curse — or blessing — feels uncomfortably relevant, given recent [...]
I was very unwell back in October 24, needing five days in hospital. During my time as an inpatient, I experienced the most beautiful moment of my life. In [...]
Because I’m a Harrogatonian, it will surprise no one to hear I go to the spa, quite often. (Purely medicinal, obviously.) This spa sees a mix of locals and holidaymakers [...]
Poor health has a way of sharpening the mind. Lying in bed - again - grounded by illness, strange thoughts emerge. Proust, Nietzsche, (Gray?) and others did their best [...]
Presenting Suffrago to the House of Commons Select Committee on Science, Technology and Innovation this Tuesday was meant to be the pinnacle of my personal and professional journey. Alas, life [...]
Suffrago work, health, chaos. That’s been my life lately. Zero complaints. This Sunday morning, at last, a moment to reflect — and blog. For many of the dozens of new [...]
In what is a UK-first, I’ve helped to launch 650 MP performance polls! What a jolly good idea, even if I do say so myself. https://www.suffrago.org/question?id=3cec8091d49e1e18f58a25b7f217dce8 The voting is all [...]
For much of this week, my blood pressure was so low that I couldn’t think. Making a sandwich was a physical challenge, but worse, I couldn’t even work out what [...]
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