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 Olympic sports do you enjoy watching the most?

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It changes every four years At the last Olympics, for reasons I wouldn't want a psychiatrist to investigate, the gold medal 🥇 went to skateboarding, with the acrobatic BMX bikers coming in second place. The Olympics before that I got hooked on swimming.

How have you adapted to the changes brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic?

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Predictably, not that anyone could be bothered to predict it I've embraced online shopping in a way that makes the #technorulingclass scream with  ecstacy. They do it every day, every time I ditch the idea of standing up, going out and visiting a shop that sells the thing I want and sit, like my arse … Continue reading How have you adapted to the changes brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic?

What are your morning rituals? What does the first hour of your day look like?

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'It features severed heads and penises...' All is stillness. I wake early, normally with an idea or notion I must tap urgently into my scrapbook. Today it was an entry about an audiobook I've just finished. It features a serial killer whose victims are just about anyone who gets on her nerves. It features severed … Continue reading What are your morning rituals? What does the first hour of your day look like?