Acute Psychotic Episode III – When the Change Came “The poet is a man who lives at last by watching his moods…as narrowly as a cat does a mouse.” Henry David Thoreau, 1851 I am a poet. I watch my
Brighton Fringe Press Release
PRESS RELEASE Making Connections Matter Acute Psychotic Episode III – When the Change Came A good humoured story of breakdown and recovery. Steve Walter (a Time to Change Champion) shares his personal experience of bipolar disorder over twenty years through
Heading to the Brighton Fringe 2017
Acute Psychotic Episode (III) – When the Change Came A brief but profound disorder of the mind Steve Walter returns with the latest episode of his show from the Edinburgh Fringe. The performance fuses powerful, frank, and in places disturbing,
Blog – Friday 3rd February 2017
I shall ignore Trump for now. But his belligerence, his bigotry which has hijacked our lives, is always there in the background – an unnatural shadow over the globe. +++ At the end of January, I attended an excellent Mental
Blog – Trump 20th January 2017
Trump Inauguration This is it. Living, or dying, through history. When a member of the audience was asked how Trump might unite the USA, she said, – ‘I certainly think that’s an area of opportunity for him right now…’ Michelle
Blog – Mental Health – Friday 13th January 2017
Prime Minister unveils plans to transform mental health support So ran the headline to the Government’s press release on support for mental health this week. Theresa May’s speech on mental health, on Monday 9th January, set out action to tackle
Blog – Wellbeing: a reflection – 30th December 2016
In the New Year, at work, I will be running sessions on Wellbeing with a colleague from HR. The intention is that they will be voluntary to attend, since we’re not telling people how to live their lives we’re simply
Blog – St Andrew’s Day – 30th November 2016
St Andrews Day In dancing breeze, a random scuttling of dry leaves, tickles tarmac in sunshine and shadow. St Andrew’s Church Was a significant part of my life growing up. The saint’s day now even more notable as it reminds
When the Change Came – Launched at the Vittle and Swig, 15th December 2016
When the Change Came launched successfully at the Vittle & Swig in Tunbridge Wells, on 15th December with Steve Antoni, Abegail Morley and Frances and Steve on saxophone and guitar, and a lovely audience – the collection is available now – order your
Blog – Sunday 30th October 2016
Hazel Over a week later and I am acutely aware of the ache of absence, a deepening sense of loss. But I don’t have to worry about her any more. No more trips to the hospital or the Home. I
Tuesday 18th October 2016
Mum dies at 01:45 And she dies in October. I remember Dad’s poem by that name, as I watch leaves turn and fall. Everything beautiful reminds me of you. There is a difference in the light today, somehow something has
Blog – Friday 14th October 2016
Hospital In this huge complex of decorated concrete, I am interested in only one person: Mum. Of course, everybody else here, has a loved one in their heart. Today I bring honey which she asked for by special request yesterday.