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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 Snapshot: Porridge

Sep 13, 2020Sep 13, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ 1 Comment

It can be mixed with spices or vegetables to make a savoury dish

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Diary Snapshot: Acting sensibly

Sep 12, 2020Sep 12, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

Sensible's distinctive appearance includes a red beret and sunglasses

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Backyard holidays: Barbican, London

Sep 12, 2020Sep 12, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ 2 Comments

My Lockdown leisure walks have taken me to every corner of the Barbican's concrete wonderland. Or so I thought...

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News Wall: The plan is… there’s no plan

Sep 12, 2020Sep 12, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ 1 Comment

News in pictures

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Diary Snapshot: Spooks

Sep 11, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

The title is a popular colloquialism for spies...

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Diary Snapshot: Hedgehog Highways

Sep 11, 2020Sep 11, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

There are no hedgehogs native to Australia and no living species native to the Americas

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Diary Snapshot: Cauliflower

Sep 10, 2020Sep 10, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ 3 Comments

Typically, only the head is eaten

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Diary Snapshot: His floozy’s earring

Sep 10, 2020Sep 10, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

Diamond is a solid form of the element carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal structure

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Diary Snapshot: Tax

Sep 10, 2020Sep 10, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

A failure to pay, along with evasion of or resistance to taxation, is punishable by law

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Diary Snapshot: Wotsits

Sep 9, 2020Sep 9, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

Britain's record-breaking brand of cheesy flavour corn puffs...

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Artwork Archive: Paris

Sep 9, 2020Nov 6, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

My obsession with maps is never-ending

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Drabble: Toddler Zombie Walk ends in tears

Sep 8, 2020Sep 8, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

He thought it would be a fun introduction to the complexities of death

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Diary Snapshot: Home working

Sep 8, 2020Sep 8, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

Your workplace needs you

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Diary Snapshot: Buttoned-up Man

Sep 8, 2020Sep 8, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

In large sizes for coats and smaller sizes for breeches...

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Diary: 1-7 September

Sep 8, 2020Sep 10, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ 1 Comment

Then someone said “lazy” home-workers should be forced back to their offices

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Diary Snapshot: Storecupboard Shame

Sep 7, 2020Sep 7, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

To the early Christians, chestnuts symbolised chastity...

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Drabble: U2 not really all that bad

Sep 7, 2020Sep 7, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

Then someone said U2 "romanticize the shiny side of an old coin"

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Diary Snapshot: Adopt a homeless hamster

Sep 7, 2020Sep 6, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

Species commonly kept as pets include the three dwarf hamsters

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Diary Snapshot: Galveston, Oh Galveston

Sep 6, 2020Sep 6, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

An island city on the Gulf Coast of Texas, known for Moody Gardens and a famous son

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Drabble: Rattle & Hum

Sep 6, 2020Sep 6, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

When a Chinook loiters over Cripplegate, we all wonder...

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