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If I were a man, maybe I’d have spoken up this week.  Or maybe I’d have been silent the way the vast majority of boys have been. If I were a man I probably wouldn’t have a personal back catalogue of experiences of sexual assault, verbal abuse and physical intimidation. If I were a man […]

Daffodils have started injecting colour into the roadsides once more.  The sky has been blue all weekend, and people have been outside topping up their Vit D.  March is the official beginning of Spring. I can’t speak for other areas of the UK or the world, but it feels like a fresh start is upon […]

I don’t know about you, but I watched the inauguration on Wednesday afternoon with a fair bit of emotion.  I’m not even American, but I grew up watching movies promoting the American Dream.  Seeing the sun come out for the end of the Trump stain and the arrival of Biden and Harris was the first […]

In honour of National Hug Day, I’m writing about one of my absolutely favourite things.  Hugs. As a child, I was accused of being a limpet more times than I can remember.  As I grew, there were jokes about me giving chiropractic adjustments.  Yes, I’m a serious hugger! This pandemic has really curtailed my hugging […]

If you’re of a certain age and musical background, you may also have read the title and felt New Order’s type writer drum machine beat start in your head.  Here’s a link if you fancy a listen – I may have written the first chunk of this blog while it played in the background 😉  […]

Happy January! New Year, new lockdown… How are your resolutions holding out? I confess I was already feeling the “I’ll start on Monday” vibe before Boris locked the UK down again, so my Veganuary hasn’t begun yet… What I am embracing is the Atomic Habits approach to incremental improvement.  James Clear’s book has millions of […]