SB - Quondam Quinquagenarian

I've considered changing the name of my (largely moribund) blog for a number of years, but I've struggled to commit - I've alway...

Not the colourful sugary little beads that used to (maybe still do?) decorate cakes, ice cream and the like, but the pageviews that have bee...

 One of the worst aspects of having a stroke, for me, is aphasia. Since that fateful day in October 2017, I've struggled with communicat...

Sooner rather than later, I fear. The American electorate has written the death warrants of so many women, non-white people, LGBTQ+ people, ...

I woke up to the biggest news item in years this morning, but it was a desperately disappointing result. A golden opportunity to rid the wor...

It's a nice day today, weather-wise, so far (yes, we do get user-friendly days here, even in this predominantly grey and damp part of th...

The current iteration of the Conservative Party has been a race to the bottom for years now, most notably during Boris Johnson's tenure,...