Apologies to all who have read this story before. I need to republish it occasionally to remind myself where I am now and where I came from. ‘I tried to stand, but fell back in the chair deflated, puzzled and detached…’My stroke story…
Tag: longreads
Diary: December 2019
This month's diary includes... Daniel Craig doing a witty take on Poirot, the countdown to Christmas, a holiday in Tenerife. And, er, UK voters have their say...
Diary: September 2020
A month in which Brexit briefly made us all think about something else for a change
Diary: August 2020
The month started with signs of post-Covid life emerging, and ended with sobering thoughts on what now lies ahead...
Diary: 11-16 August
Will the virus dictate how our immediate world is modelled in the future?
Diary: July 2020
Includes: Gothic horror, a slip-up with the Nuclear Trigger, and a drunken duck on the loose
Diary: June 2020
‘Floyd died gasping for breath as the nation was in the grip of a pandemic that restricts respiration’
Diary: May 2020
This month includes... A growing irritation with ‘Normal People’, bread that looks better than it tastes, and the Cummings-Johnson anarchy plan
Diary: April 2020
Zoom traffic soars as Lockdown takes its toll
Diary: March 2020
Includes... Worms on the turn, wildlife in focus and immunity in Ambridge, for the time being
Diary: November 2019
This month's diary includes... Liverpool 3-Man City 1, memories of The Clash and sublime music from Karine Polwart.
Diary: September 2019
This month's diary includes an octogenarian pain in the arse, Keith Haring and Jürgen Klopp in Liverpool, and chatting with Sgt. Pepper's offspring
Diary: August 2019
This month's diary includes Shakespeare, fashion, cinema, a day out in Broadstairs and a landmark birthday party.
Diary: July 2019
This month's diary includes... Bruce Springsteen's new album, a World Cup win for England and a 'horror' film that is more of a comedy.
Diary: June 2019
This month's diary includes the memory of a famous European victory for Liverpool, a stage play featuring the mesmeric Gillian Anderson, and archive photos of the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance.
Diary: May 2019
This month's diary includes... visits to Wales and Scotland, Royal Academy Nudes and Cliff Richard lookalikes.
Diary: April 2019
April's diary includes... A very scary Elisabeth Moss, illicit photos from Wallingford Museum and Pierre Bonnard's 'The Colour of Memory'.
Diary: March 2019
March's diary includes... A ridiculous number of Brexit references, a mass participation choir and the collection of a community award.
Diary: February 2019
This month's diary includes... a close encounter of the underwater kind, a meeting with the Rotary Club of Gants Hill and a night out at Hackney Roots.
Diary: January 2019
This month's diary includes... fireworks in Tenerife, a Dark Night of the Soul at the Globe theatre and a posh art exhibition at a City citadel.
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