Apr 18, 2014
A few days ago Kate Swaffer wrote a post entitled “Big life, small suitcase” about the potent symbolism of packing someone’s entire existence into a modest piece of luggage. Describing how she brought her late friend’s belongings back to the UK, Kate said, “As I...
Apr 11, 2014
“Where Memories Go – why dementia changes everything” is a memoir so beautifully written that at times it reads like a love letter from a daughter to a mother. It is also, as its title suggests, something else altogether: a journalist’s investigation into what it...
Apr 4, 2014
In last week’s blog I described Twitter as a fabulous global cocktail party, which was later – in a gratifying example of just the sort of exchange I was promoting – nominated by one of my tweeps (or followers) as her quote of the week. Of course, as I said then, it’s...
Mar 27, 2014
As one door closes, another opens. I kept this hopeful saying in mind when pondering recent reports that a giant vending machine has replaced a village shop. I wasn’t thinking so much of the plastic swing door at the bottom of the automated shop, or even the...
Mar 21, 2014
Eugene O’Kelly was the high-flying CEO of one of the world’s largest accountancy firms, with a packed diary for the next 18 months, a rock solid marriage and two loving daughters when, aged 53, he was told that he had inoperable brain cancer. “I was blessed,” reads...
Mar 14, 2014
A blood test that can detect early signs of dementia – good news, surely? When I saw the recent reports I hoped it was, but knowing how these things work – and being a cynical cove – I wondered about the upbeat certainty of many of the headlines. These are the...
