Three free Breathing lessons
Content warning: sexual assault, mental health, suicidal ideation and similar. “What is a pirate’s favourite type of therapy?” “Oh, God,...
Thoughts on an Election (not the ones you think I’m thinking)
In this blog I talk about accessibility, kindness, vulnerability and trauma in our political, adversarial system - some early thoughts...
Freezing Up
“What about gay people, sir?” The question is like poison in the air. I shrivel in my seat, which is difficult because we’re in the...
Otherworld Gates
This is a story four years in the writing. I've written things, factually, about losing Dad before. This blog in fact seems to be more of...
#NationalComingOutDay
Me and Ol have been waiting years to write this together. So firstly, a bit from me as a guest of Ol’s blog, followed by a short bit from...
Dreams of dancing
Reaching a breakthrough in yoga For well over a year now – maybe a year and six months? – I have been attending almost-weekly yoga...
Witty Title to Mask an Emotional Subject
It has been over a year of exploring how I feel about many, many things. That looking inwards wasn’t just related to Dad’s illness, but...
Dad: the sub-editor and hero
This is something I had wanted to write for the 4th May, a year on from when Dad died. Instead, life got in the way. An election, an...
Post-truth politics: How to combat?
Since Brexit - no, even before Brexit - I have been scared. Since Brexit, that fear has been given a name: post-truth politics. Normally,...
They Stood
When she was formed, they filled her with liquid light. It flowed through her, shining in her veins and warming all around her. She...
