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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.

Diary: 23-25 October

Oct 26, 2020Oct 27, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ 1 Comment

The extra hour in bed was nice

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Diary: September 2020

Oct 25, 2020Oct 25, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

A month in which Brexit briefly made us all think about something else for a change

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Diary snapshot: Carrot soup

Oct 25, 2020Oct 25, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ 1 Comment

Recipe not included

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Diary snapshot: Pamela Adlon

Oct 25, 2020Oct 25, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

Power to her people

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Artwork Archive: The Northern Slice

Oct 24, 2020Oct 24, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

‘It’s The performing pundit’s Showstopper on GBBO, in my imagination’

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Diary snapshot: Halloween

Oct 24, 2020Oct 24, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

Get ready for the fear...

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Diary snapshot: Unwanted discoveries

Oct 23, 2020Oct 23, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ 2 Comments

But what was the mouse's last supper, I keep asking myself

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Diary: 19-22 October

Oct 23, 2020Oct 30, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ 7 Comments

When fallen leaves became our best friends

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Flashback: In this week last year

Oct 23, 2020Oct 22, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

I accidentally sat on my reading glasses. So it became the holiday "of sticky tape and epoxy glue"

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Diary snapshot: Contact tracing

Oct 22, 2020Oct 22, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

"Network not working"

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Diary snapshot: Mask exemption

Oct 21, 2020Oct 21, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

"Sorry, officer, they make my ears stick out"

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Week 42…

Oct 20, 2020Oct 20, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

The road to the end of 2020 is narrowing

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Diary: 17-18 October

Oct 19, 2020Oct 19, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ 1 Comment

Wandering Winchester works wonders

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News wall: Taiwan

Oct 19, 2020Oct 19, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

International flashpoint could deny Biden victory

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Diary: 12-16 October

Oct 18, 2020Oct 18, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ 14 Comments

Five more days in a uncertain world

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Diary snapshot: Winnall Moors, Winchester

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Oct 18, 2020Oct 18, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ 1 Comment

If eyeballing toads is your thing

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Art in isolation: ‘All The Boys I Ever Kissed’

Oct 17, 2020Oct 17, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ 3 Comments

Every name tells a story...

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News wall: Rhinos

Oct 16, 2020Oct 16, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

Two females on brink of survival

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Diary snapshot: Cormoran Strike

Oct 16, 2020Oct 16, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ 1 Comment

Beauty in the eye of the detective

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Week 41…

Oct 16, 2020Oct 16, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ 1 Comment

Seven more days disappear down the plug hole of life

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