Category: General

It’s a brave new world. I have begun my self-imposed isolation (AKA hiding) which the government now says should last for 3 months. That’s a long time, but I’m …

I have recently been attending Lincoln chess club which meets on Wednesday evenings from 7:30 to 10:30 PM. The club used to be based in an inaccessible building for …

We have reached the end of 2019 so I thought that I would look back at the main things I did in the 2010s. University The first 4 years …

Christmas Time is here again. There are only 2 days now until the big day when the jolly fat man breaks into your house, so I hope you’ve got …

Today I finally got tickets for The Killers at the Emirates Stadium in June 2020. But, as usual, it was harder than it should have been. I originally wanted …

Dementia is a terrible condition. It robs you of your memories, your personality, of what makes you who you are. Effectively, it eats you alive. Here’s a fact for …

Good day to you, dear reader! It is my great pleasure to inform you that I have been nominated for another blogging award by one of my fellow bloggers. …

  I have been fortunate enough to be nominated for a Blogger Recognition Award. Thank you very much for the nomination to Emma over at Diary of a Disabled …

YouTube is full of great stuff like funny cat videos and people falling over. But there are also a lot of disabled YouTubers who put out useful videos about …

It’s that time of year again – the great festival of consumerism that we call Christmas. You’ve probably already started your Christmas shopping (if not get on with it!) …

I am very happy to let you know that I have been nominated for The Liebster Award! I would just like to thank Brendan, author of the blog Blind …

  “Damn those raccoons!” John muttered angrily to himself as he awkwardly peered under the boardwalk. “That was my favourite hat as well” The raccoons in this park had …

Last week I went to see a film called Breathe, directed by Andy Serkis, and starring Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, and Hugh Bonneville in the main roles.

Today is Remembrance Sunday so I thought I would share a poem to commemorate the fallen. Everybody knows “In Flanders Fields” by John McCrae, so I looked for some …

I have created a petition to make Changing Places Toilets mandatory in large public places. Here is the link to my petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/203512 Please sign it and share it! …

5 awesome songs from bands that I have seen live this year.

So the US presidential election is less than two days away on November 8. This post is primarily aimed at my readers in the US who  are going to …

I am delighted to announce that I have been nominated for the Versatile Blogger Award! Cue the party! http://i.giphy.com/ALCk99w2Sx0Xu.gif Thank you so much to Faith who nominated me for …

Today I was injected with the most potent poison known to man. One gram of it (about the mass of a raisin) is enough to kill over 5.5 million …

This is a great post about YouTubers who use subtitles on their videos by Ellen Parfitt: Source: My favorite YouTubers (who caption!) I find it really frustrating when there is …