February 17-23, 2024
Scrapbook: Week 8
February 17-23, 2024
Author: Billy Mann
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 write about my daily activities and encounters. In 1988, I married Jane. We are still together today, sharing our lives and making each other laugh.
What advice would you give to your teenage self?
Have sex and travel.
Scrapbook: Week 7
February 10-16, 2024
If you had the power to change one law, what would it be and why?
To scrap the ancient UK law that allows people to defecate in public places if they first loudly proclaim, "In need, in need, in need."
Scrapbook: Week 6
February 3-9, 2024
Are there any activities or hobbies you’ve outgrown or lost interest in over time?
Writing poetry.
Scrapbook: Week 5
January 27- February 2, 2024
Scrapbook: January 2024
One month as it happened… MONDAY 1 Earthquakes probably happen somewhere on every day of the year, but New Year's Day always seems especially popular. 📌 I know some people get a big, buoyant sense of renewal on NYD but I always find it one of the most miserable days of the year. I go … Continue reading Scrapbook: January 2024
Scrapbook: Week 4
January 20-26, 2024
Scrapbook: Week 3
January 13-29, 2024
What makes a good leader?
Knowing what biscuits to buy for the dull meeting.
Scrapbook: Week 2
January 6-12, 2024
Scrapbook: Week 1
December 30, 2023-January 5, 2024
Scrapbook: December 2023
‘Nigel Farage is top of the shopping list of people we want clipped’
Scrapbook: Week 52
December 23-29, 2023
How have your political views changed over time?
As I got richer and richer I became more stridently middle-of-the-road – a social democrat rather than a democratic socialist, to borrow from The Life Of Brian.
Scrapbook: Week 51
December 16-22, 2023
Scrapbook: Week 50
December 9-15, 2023
Scrapbook: Week 49
December 2-8, 2023
Have you ever performed on stage or given a speech?
Yes, and it didn't go too well. I appeared as an unpaid stage-filler in the 1995 Royal Shakespeare Company production of Julius Caesar at London's Barbican theatre, directed by Sir Peter Hall and starring Christopher Benjamin, John Nettles, Julian Glover as Cassius, my army commander, and Hugh Quarshie, with whom I had a memorable moment … Continue reading Have you ever performed on stage or given a speech?
Billy's Scrapbook 