I’ve got something to tell you. My mother has suffered with mental health issues since I was born. I have never known Mum completely free from her bipolar/depression/schizophrenia/psychosis. You see, she has been diagnosed and re-diagnosed more times than I care to remember. We have spent Christmases visiting mental health units and childhoods fighting stigma … Continue reading
I was always quite quiet when I was a young kid. Riddled with fear, I remember taking naps in the Head Mistresses office of infant school, she could see I was a highly stressed child. The anxiety of academia was just too much. I sat on a table in my first year of school with … Continue reading
It’s Sunday morning and Euston station is bustling with people waiting for their train’s home to the North. I catch up with one such visitor to the capital over a cuppa and a spot of people watching. Having not seen Sam for ten years I’m not sure what to expect, I know he’s been studying … Continue reading
Game changer, these are the words I’d use if I only had two to describe this book. Chav’s challenges what Jones describes as the last acceptable prejudice, class hatred. In Britain you’re hard pushed to get away from class, however much we lean towards liberalism and politeness, if you’re in a situation with someone of … Continue reading
School was awkward wasn’t it? You didn’t fit in But no one fitted in Go and find yourself Wipe the board clean You’re good looking now The age of an adult Fresh, brand new You’ve read the book from front to back Always knew how to pass Copying with precision the steps you … Continue reading
Embracing wild time from step one
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