The other day I was sitting in the doctor’s surgery waiting to see the nurse (men my age often are, blood test, prostate exam, blood pressure check, you get the picture), and a mother and her daughter came in. Insularity – the state or condition of being an island. Ignorance or lack of interest inContinue reading “Insularity – Guest Author, Fraser”
Monthly Archives: February 2025
It’s Cold
It has been cold, but I’m not really bothered by the weather. There are weeks when it’s quite obvious to me what is in my brain and what I really want to write about. But I don’t. I write about something else. There are many reasons why I don’t, but the main two are becauseContinue reading “It’s Cold”
The Labour Government
Alright, they’ve pissed me off. Fucking royally. It’s been seven months. Seven. And they still haven’t sorted our their communications. They’re the fucking government. They have the power to create their narrative and promote it all day, every day. But do you know what they stand for? I bloody well don’t know. Apart from growth.Continue reading “The Labour Government”
Stresses
The noun ‘stress’ can be countable and uncountable. Therefore the title of this post has two redundant letters but I wanted something a little more than simply the word stress. Something extra. Something a little more pizzazy, something you have to work a little harder to say or think about. When I was younger, stressContinue reading “Stresses”