#health

British tourists falling ill abroad cost UK £181,000,000 last year

Estate agent, 22, with ketamine addiction died after weight dropped to just 5st

Fifa won’t allow fans to bring water bottles into stadiums during the World Cup

Recently in May '26

May was an incredibly packed month, which sort of explains why it took me so long to write this post. Now that I have some time to go through all the events, let's take a look back together, and go th…

You can now travel on the hantavirus ship – with a bird watching trip included

Minimizing impact of negative things in my life

Woman transforms 1980s RV into ‘dream English cottage’ after falling in love with Cotswolds

Sam Vanderpump responds to trolls saying ‘he should buy new liver’

Parents demand ’emotional’ Starmer bans social media for kids before ‘more lives lost’

Good Samaritan hands back found $30,000 to owner who sold Pokémon collection to pay sister’s medical costs

DR Congo footballers ordered to isolate before World Cup due to Ebola outbreak

Escalation

Things are mostly getting worse. My neurologist referral has stalled, with my symptoms degrading further, so I reached out to my GP last week to expedite the next step. Despite a separate optician ap…

Subcritical

UK to lead new global alliance for special educational needs reform

Taking my mum to Italy helped us both grieve, and laugh, again

Jose Mourinho returning to Real Madrid is the maddest idea of all

Hiatus

This is a short blog post that I am tapping out on my phone. Since Thursday last week, I have been in hospital, having had a fall at home which resulted in me fracturing bones in both my shoulders (sp…

Disconnection in Reaction to Trauma

Early morning thoughts on my surprisingly numb reaction.

Brain Surgery

Hydrocephalus shunt surgery on 17 April 2026 — the event, the recovery, and the impact on work.

So I Had Brain Surgery

The Stranger in the Mirror

Giving Up on Rust: A Post-Mortem

I should not be sorry.

The Yew Has Wilted, and I Can't Water It

Anxiety is killing me.

An Autistic Silver Bullet

No, I’m not AI. I just write like that.

Writing in Public: Why My Blog Has No Theme

something that I didn't need to justify, but here's my reasons.

The Clock's Going Back!

a twice-yearly ritual I still don't understand

dry september – an early finish

I did start my dry September experiment slightly early and that might justify an early finish, but to be honest that wouldn't be telling all of the story.

dry september – an early start

January has always seemed to be the worst month to stop drinking alcohol. Cold weather, short days and the excitement of Christmas a distant memory. We do dry September instead.

On Fantasy Names, Therianthropy, and My Slightly Obsessive Brain

AI's Reputation Problem 2: Revengeance

This is an update to a something I wrote a year ago: AI's Reputation Problem. For the last week or so, my wife and I have been sitting on a beach in Mexico, catching up on our summer reading lists. W…

Patterns and My Neurodivergency