String went off on another rant about everything going back to normal when it isn’t normal at all. He got quite arsey… Social distancing should be physicaldistancing. Everyone ignores the rules… and those who bother to wear masks see them as a green light to do exactly the same things they did before the virus came.
But he lightens up when it comes to porridge. String is obviously weird, so it was no surprise when he said he flavours his oats in weird ways: ground pepper in winter, and single-malt, too, when the mood fits.
I'm originally from Liverpool and worked as a national magazine journalist for more than 30 years before suffering a stroke at age 53. I started blogging as part of a neuro-rehabilitation programme and wrote the very first entries with one finger of my disabled left hand. Later, art became another therapy for me at Headway East London's Submit To Love studios. I blog regularly and volunteer as a teaching assistant, coaching schoolchildren in aspects of journalism.
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