Coming to an end

This time of year has lots of resonance for me – advent being the season of yearning and waiting for Continue reading →

How to help

The end of the year is always a time for reflection, for looking back at what happened, remembering the best Continue reading →

Beloved

This weekend I have been sticking some of the cards, emails and messages I’ve been sent over the last few Continue reading →

Practicing

This road to recovery is certainly an undulating one. A couple of weeks ago I went to a Breast Cancer Continue reading →

What do you do to play?

I had some counselling at The Haven in Fulham the other week, a welcome space to talk with someone who Continue reading →

Time on my hands

When I was a student, someone said to me that I would never again have as much free time in Continue reading →

The incredible ability to heal

I listened to Lemn Sissay on Desert Island Discs the other day. A poet, writer and playwright who has recently Continue reading →

One week on

This time last week I was lying under a heated blanket the day after surgery, barely able to do anything Continue reading →