Wonky Frog Legs
Last month I wrote excitedly about my new legs, not my actual legs but the new shock-absorbing frog legs that NHS wheelchair services were testing on my chair. They’re brilliant and make for a much...
View ArticleFeet Made For Marking
When I was a kid the soles of my feet were often covered in scratches. I wasn’t a big fan of wearing shoes and I didn’t have the most sensitive of soles either. Nowadays my leg tics mean I’m not very...
View ArticleBeauty Holes
I mentioned yesterday that my ‘ticcing fits’ had been particularly intense in the last week. On Friday evening I had a fit in the bathroom – this is the worst room in the castle for this to happen...
View ArticleTouch Diary Re-visited
This pandemic’s making everyone re-evaluate their relationship with touch, whether that’s contact with other people, our surroundings, or even our own bodies. Last June I wrote about the role physical...
View ArticlePain-demic
The pandemic has had many hidden impacts, from the NHS treatment backlog, or the 13,000 children who have lost a parent to COVID, to the isolation experienced by many clinically vulnerable people and...
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