The Fire Next Time …
James Baldwin is one of my favourite writers and I have read most of his work. This weekend, I was reading a review of The Fire…
Horst: Photographer of Style
I went along to the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) last weekend to see Horst: The Photography of Style exhibition, on until 4 January 2015. Rather…
Clive James in the New Yorker
This beautiful poem, Japanese Maple, by Clive James, in The New Yorker, has been going around Twitter. Amazing how illness and the imminence of death seem to…
J P Gaultier: Disability Chic
I made it across to The Barbican for the last weekend of the The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier and imagine my surprise when almost…
Romantic Moments, not …
From Tickld, it’s been doing the rounds on Twitter: 20 Worst Romance Quotes Ever. If, like so many of us homebound types, you are an avid…
Probably Nothing …
As anyone who knows me is aware, I love me some humour with my misery. And, I am always drawn to others who respond in the…
Clive James reads …
A touchingly personal reading by Clive James of Keith Douglas’ poem: Canoe I imagine it is almost impossible for those of us with illnesses not to…
Jane McCormick: Self Portrait with Borrowed Smile
I really love this Self Portrait with Borrowed Smile by Jane McCormick, seen at Disability Arts Online: I used to be a smiley person but years…
Stiletto Wheels 