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Continue reading →: Living with Pain: The Trigeminal ProblemIt starts with a flicker. A twitch. A whisper of pain that you think might be something simple. Sinus problems, maybe? A rogue tooth? Nothing worth worrying about. You go about your normal day… Then it hits. The pain ramps up rapidly. This is Trigeminal Neuralgia.
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Continue reading →: Lockdown, 5 Years Later – Our StoryAt first, there was optimism. People were baking banana bread, learning new languages and getting in the best shape of their lives thanks to Mr. Joe Wicks, MBE. Then, there was the darker side of the story. Thousands trapped in their homes for months through fear of a morbid death…
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Continue reading →: The Grapevine Evening | Deer Park HotelA 5 course fine-dining experience in a stunning country house, complete with expertly paired wines and a menu promising indulgence—sounds perfect, right? But will The Grapevine Evening truly live up to expectations? What is an egg custard tart? And why is Superman in the bathroom?
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Continue reading →: January: Thirty-One Shades of BleakJanuary. Endless, bleak, and seemingly precisely designed to break even the most resilient among us. I foolishly kicked things off this year with a piece titled “Hello 2025: What could possibly go wrong?”—a taunt to the universe so reckless, even Icarus himself would’ve winced. And, dear reader, the universe answered.…
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Continue reading →: Hello 2025: Part 2 – What Could Possibly Go Wrong?“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language. And next year’s words await another voice.” – T.S. Eliot “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis And just like that, 2025 is knocking on the door, wearing that ‘hold…
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Continue reading →: Goodbye 2024: Part 1 – Chaos, Coffee & a BabyEvery year, I keep a small leather-bound diary that I scribble in most days, to document the bizarre, heart-warming, or downright ridiculous moments that make life interesting. Let’s crack open this dusty leather tome and see what 2024 treasures await inside…
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Continue reading →: A Premature Miracle: Poppy’s JourneyT’was a cold and drizzly afternoon in late November, 2019. I was pacing the large, vacuous light blue corridors of the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital. Emma had been in the labour ward up on the first floor since around 05:30. She was only 28 weeks pregnant. We didn’t think…
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Continue reading →: Corralejo Diaries: Day FourWe had just enough time to include a spa visit. A shower labyrinth, as it transpires, is not a Greek myth perpetuated by a Cyclops in a Shower Cap. No, it is a small winding circuit of a dozen or more different shower types. I never knew what a Scottish…
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Continue reading →: Corralejo Diaries: Day ThreeOpting for a little adventure, we identified a Mercadona supermarket on the map. We found a couple of those little electric scooters nearby. They’re basically glorified hairdryers on wheels—you scan a QR code, plug your details into an app, and off you go, zipping around like an overgrown child on…
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Continue reading →: Corralejo Diaries: Day TwoApparently, nothing says “Welcome to Corralejo” like a parade of carved genitalia. And nothing says “souvenir” quite like cracking open a beer with a novelty phallus. What kind of weird place have we travelled to here? And more importantly, why is everyone pretending this is normal?!
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