Overtly Unaccomplished

When I am sad, and stressed, and wrung out like a filthy bit of kitchen rag, I make roast chicken. I made it yesterday when Jimmy came out o...

I am not afraid of hospitals. In fact, they are almost a second home. The NHS has saved my life twice, mended me in various small ways since...

You don't need me to tell you how fucking indefensible the Paris atrocity is. Equally, you shouldn't need me to tell you that not al...

If I start to think, then I will die. That's how it starts, how it always starts. I think about what's to come, whether it is a par...

I am cross. Last year, I had a head injury that led to concussion and whiplash. I had all sorts of terrifying symptoms at the time like slu...

"When you're stuck in that spiral, you reach up".  "What if there's nothing up there?" "Just reach up....

Horrors As you may know, I have three sons. Eldest (Jim) is in year 2, middle (Jack) has just started foundation and the baby is three m...