swisslet

From a very young age, I was strangely mature. I don’t mean physically, although I had a growth spurt at the age of twelve that saw me move ...

I’ve been thinking a lot about Ian, these last few weeks. It’s been more than 30 years since I last saw him, and we weren’t really friends, ...

 I feel like life with Multiple Sclerosis - at least for me - is to permanently exist in a liminal space.  I experienced my 1st symptoms 20 ...

  As I was driving to an appointment this morning, I was listening to the band James. I’ve been a fan of the band for a lo...

As the ancient Chinese curse apparently has it, “may you live in interesting times”. While sounding superficially like a blessing, of cour...

I make no claim to any superpowers.  None of the really good ones, anyway. I can’t fly; I’m not the world’s greatest detective; I can’t clim...

TRIGGER WARNING : if you’re squeamish, you might want to sit this one out. -- I’ve been intermittently self-catheterising for a few years no...

Over the last couple of years, my MS has been steadily getting worse. Every time I sit down to write about this, I always seems to fall into...

I wrote to my MP again. Ruth Edwards replaced Kenneth Clarke in this constituency in 2019 and has been notably compliant with the Government...

For most of the time I've been in my monthly writing group, I've been doing a lot of "magical realism" style of fiction. I...