I don’t do ‘cancerversaries‘. I don’t remember them. I don’t remember the date they diagnosed Hodgkins Lymphoma, although I can tell you it was the beginning of a week in February 1980, and I was still seventeen. I can remember … Continue reading
I count the fingers on both hands; soon I’ll need some toes, Each is someone gone too young, cruel fucking cancer blows. Lights extinguished, curtains drawn on lives too sick to save, Brutal mortal dying breaths as death steals one … Continue reading
Let’s face it, I’m a rubbish blogger – I’m much happier out with the camera, and that’s exactly as it should be. And it’s been a brilliant summer – some fabulous commissions and a really exciting new project in the … Continue reading
I listened quietly to the gentle music drifting from the two musicians on our little stage thinking, this is my Sunday morning playlist. The kind of soft, lilting melodies that wrap you in warm sunshine, sweet smelling hayfields and make … Continue reading
I’m such a chemo-brained twat – been trying to fathom how to reblog this article on HuffPo for the last half hour, but since I can’t find a nice handy little “reblog” button, I’ve had to resort to old-fashioned copy-and-paste. I … Continue reading
Image of Barbie from the SCAR Project Copyright David Jay Barbie Ritzco. Her name has a resonance all its own, don’t you think? It dances around your head and tantalises your tongue with its rhythm. It whispers of warrior and thrums … Continue reading
“You could have been Einstein…” When two old friends who don’t spend nearly enough time together any more sit around with cups of tea, the talk can take some odd turns. But when you are still alive thirty-four years after … Continue reading
So, about this #nomakeupselfie and, now, the lads #makeupselfie. I think its brilliant that Cancer Research have benefitted by a few million quid and counting from a viral campaign they didn’t start. However… The truth is I’m still not sure … Continue reading
With the reverberations of Kellergate (Marie’s blog, here is a good place to start) still echoing around the ether last week, the debate over how we talk about living and dying with cancer continued to surge as we were challenged to … Continue reading
It is the first week of December 2012 and outside, in the sharp, wintry coldness, Christmas twinkles promisingly from shop windows and the ethereal dome of St Paul’s Cathedral casts its venerable shadow with implacable grace. It doesn’t exactly dwarf … Continue reading
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