May 22, 2020
I came across Robin Hammond’s photographs on Instagram. It was the extraordinary, earthy beauty of the portraits that first drew me to them. Every face captured in his lens is old. And you know, even as you take in the wisdom of their eyes or the dignified curve...
May 10, 2020
Sometimes when I sit down to write my blog I realise that words on a page simply won’t cut it. People need to be there, see the magic, hear the joy. So it is with Turtle Song, an initiative through which those living with dementia, their loved ones and carers, join...
Apr 9, 2020
A recent tweet brought the world up to date with what’s been going on in @suzysopenheart’s world. It is typically outward looking and, as the twitter handle suggests, open hearted, yet with hints of the gritty realities involved when caring for someone you love...
Mar 25, 2020
Amidst the worry and fear of the COVID-19 outbreak something wonderful is happening. We’re Singing Together. When Gareth Malone’s Great British Home Chorus launched online this week – 15,000 of us from around the globe joined in live and a whopping 86,000 watched the...
Feb 29, 2020
An elderly man appears on a hospital’s A & E list one Friday night. Michael Richardson’s pacemaker has literally exploded out of his chest and he is now cradling it gingerly in his hands, “slithering in blood and pus”. Dr Rachel Clarke’s first instinct is...
Dec 17, 2019
My husband, who’s been involved with politics one way or another for over 30 years, looked at his Twitter feed a few days before the general election and said he’d never known such a vitriolic campaign. I wearily agreed. It’s been an unedifying sight watching...
