Black Holes and Wheelchairs: Dispatches from 12F
Last night, I booked a holiday to Tenerife. Solo. Twenty-four hours later, I’m typing this as we prepare to land. I’ll do almost anything to escape this health crash. The [...]
Who’s In Charge? (Notes from the Spa)
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 [...]
Health Is Wealth (and Then Some)
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 [...]
The House of Commons Select Committee
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 [...]
Burden, Fortnite, and News
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 [...]
Reliably Unreliable
Becoming chronically unwell is on nobody’s bucket list. My “thing”, which I’ve endured for a few years, is, like a teenager’s mood, erratic. Despite the mayhem, I have been blessed [...]
Making Sandwiches and Making the Political Weather
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 [...]
My Happy Place
Sitting here in the shade of a palm tree, near the sumptuous church and vicarage of the Anglican parish in Puerto De La Cruz, I can confidently tell you: heaven [...]
The Irony of Hating AI While Using It
I reckon about half my friends and family (many of whom read this blog) detest AI and claim they refuse to use it. Whenever I suggest that an AI [...]
Angels of The North
It’s 8:30am on Friday, 25 October 2024. I’m having an emotional moment, which I need to capture. In the bed to my left, here in Harrogate hospital where I’ve [...]
