Last night I was privileged, as a Business Disability Forum Associate, to share an evening, one of a series, of ‘Courageous Conversations’ at an American bank in London, as part of their Disability Advocacy (& LGBT) Networks. The conversation was
The London Launch of When the Change Came & Gaia 2020
Join us for the launch of When the Change Came & Gaia 2020 on Thursday 16th November, for an 8pm start, at the Poetry Cafe, 22 Betterton Street, Covent Garden, London. WC2H 9BX Remember this iconic photo of the Earth rising
Speaking Out on Mental Health – 14th September, Nottingham
On Thursday 14th September, I spoke at the IOSH National Safety and Health Conference in Nottingham. The title of the presentation was: Fast Train Approaching…! A personal story of breakdown and recovery Delighted to be in DH Lawrence country, I
Hazel
Delighted to say that Patricia Oxley at Acumen has accepted my poem ‘Hazel’ for publication in Issue 89 in September. Even now, of course, the memory still very moving – see poem below… Hazel (I) Blue Jacket She
Green
Is… Green is listening Green becomes Green is red Green beckons Green submerges Green wishes Green is born Green breathes…
Puppet on a String
This isn’t me, or is it…? I am waving, yet I do not wave. I am pulled in every direction your fingers in my dreams only a body to offer – the answer between my legs. +++ It began in
To Eynsford with Granpop
He drove a pale blue Ford Anglia, sometimes you would ride on the rear wings travelling through the lanes at twenty-miles an hour. There was a hollowed oak tree that he called the witches house and you would scream as
I feel
I feel like an advocado being cut open to remove the stone I don’t feel the knife… I feel the sudden, smooth, slick emptiness I feel as if I have neglected my dreams I feel the opposite of an oyster treasuring
Live on Stage at the Komedia Studio Theatre – 4th June 2017
Acute Psychotic Episode III – When the Change Came A brief extract from the beginning of the show… I was first diagnosed with bipolar disorder twenty years ago, in 1997. Ten years later my story of breakdown and recovery was
IOSH National Safety & Health Conference – A personal story
Check out the Event Programme ‘Leap into Health – Moving Forward with Confidence‘ Fast Train Approaching… at midday!
Writing exercise – Wednesday 24th May 2017
Inspired by aspects of The Great Zoo, by Nicolas Guillen Sarah Salway‘s writing class Elements of psychology…let the pen reveal, a little… Kindness Hides at the back of the cage, secrets itself in the hollow of rocks, caves, tastes
Blog – Friday 12th May – A kind of coming out…
It was set for this morning. The email had been sent yesterday, drafted while I was at a mental health conference for health and safety professionals being inspired by Prof. Tim Marsh and Alastair Campbell. We all have mental health