Vivid Wonka: The Miniscule Misery of My Cessation of Medication for Muscular Aches and Pains.Richard Holmes’s excellent biographies about Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Coleridge: Early Visions, Coleridge: Darker Reflections) illuminate…Jun 19, 2023Jun 19, 2023
Drifting off… No, no I’m not.A couple of days ago I wrote about a dream. Last night I was looking forward to where and with whom I might end up with during my zzzzzzs…Jun 5, 2023Jun 5, 2023
Why I’ve fallen in love with cricket and out with men’s football.In the words of the late great Sir David Paradine Frost, OBE: “Hello, good evening and welcome.” And a delightful and pleasant evening it…Jun 4, 2023Jun 4, 2023
Dreaming of DomesticityGood [insert your preferred time of day] dear reader(s).Jun 4, 2023Jun 4, 2023
It’s me bones ’n’ muscles, officer.And just like that, the fog o’ shite lifts. That’s the funny thing about a depressive episode, it dissipates like mist on a sunny morning…May 27, 2023May 27, 2023
How to know when depression has lifted.Were you one of the few whom bothered to read further than an opening paragraph of my recent prattle (It’s totally fine, dear Reader. You…May 21, 2023May 21, 2023
Oh…ffs, not another Mental Health Awareness Week.“This week we’re looking at mental health and how it affects us…” is usually the trope spoken carefully into the microphones of numerous…May 21, 2023May 21, 2023
Tracking shot, pan, zoom…somethingThis morning it seems I’m up hovering around 3–4 (minus panic/anxiety) on the bipolar scale: ‘slight withdrawal from social situations…May 15, 2023May 15, 2023