New perspectives
Have you ever stopped to think what is involved in putting on a coat? No, I didn’t think so. It is something you do without thinking until you find yourself …
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The correct way to eat peanut M&M’s
As regular readers will know, this blog is an eclectic mix of travelogue, intimate diary and thought pieces at the heart of which lie insights on important matters. Well, never …
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Why don’t you just …?
BBC Radio 4 has recently broadcast a three-episode series ‘Walks like a duck’ in which Louise Halling records her experience of living with muscular dystrophy for twenty years. It is …
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Forgive us our sins
‘So what do you do?’ asked my ten-year old daughter, a few months after I had joined Barnardo’s as its UK Director of Corporate Resources. She had been learning about …
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Let’s talk about Molly
Molly is an eccentric creature who has caused me moments of great anxiety, yet as we get to know each other, she is opening a new world of opportunity for …
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Living on the edge of the set
During the last seven weeks of lockdown I have, to some degree, been able to forget my disability. More particularly, I have lost the sense of separation I have grown …
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The Storyteller’s Son
My mother was a storyteller. As children she would regale my sisters and me with stories of her own childhood, growing up in the East End of London before the …
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Love in the Time of Virus
(With apologies to Gabriel Garcia Marquez for the title of this blog!) Today Sally and I celebrate our 38th wedding anniversary. Our 38th year of married life has been challenging …
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Omeo, Omeo
I am falling in love. I have had two love affairs previously but this new affair promises to be the most intense so far. My first infatuation was with a striking, …
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Bum lifts
There is a big notice on the BMW garage in Bath that says ‘Get into a new Mini with the Motability Scheme’. Frankly, getting into a Mini or any other …
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