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Safe in the Firebox

2nd
May

Last night Leftwing Idiot and I headed into town for a night of comedy at the Bloomsbury Theatre. Mixing Tourettes Syndrome and live performance can have unexpected and volatile results so I’m extremely careful in choosing what to go and… read more

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You Take the High Road

27th
April

This morning I woke up late but cheerful. I don’t usually work on Saturdays but today I did because I was covering for a colleague. For no clear reason my tics decided it would be a good morning for a… read more

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World of the Zodiac - Taurus

21st
April

Last month has raced by for me, but for all you Taureans anticipating your own personal predictions I’m sure it’s felt like forever.

Four weeks ago I posted the first of my tic-inspired horoscopes and lots of people asked if… read more

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Thatcher’s Here, My Lord

8th
April

I’ve written before about my tics’ strange ability to see into the future. They were able to predict the Jimmy Savile scandal long before the story broke, and they’ve become so finely tuned that I’ve decided to share… read more

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The Lottery of Birth

15th
March

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about going to watch a film in public for the first time in years. That time it was in the back room of a pub with about thirty other people. Tonight I… read more

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Saturday Night, Sunday Morning

10th
March

I woke up this morning after a long and comfortable sleep in a very smart Dublin hotel. Leftwing Idiot and I are planning to take it easy this morning after a busy but enjoyable day yesterday.

I’ll fill you in… read more

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Not a Silent Movie

1st
March

I haven’t been to the cinema in a long time, largely because I feel uncomfortable about the amount of noise I make while the film’s on. I think the last time I went was to see A Prophet and… read more

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Lamp-post! Lamp-post! Burning Bright

27th
February

Sometimes, for no apparent reason, my tics suddenly pluck something from deep within my memory and latch onto it. It can happen at any time and anything I’ve ever thought about can surface.

Tonight was the turn of a poem… read more

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Eight More Ways To Die Hard

13th
February

Tomorrow evening Bruce Willis will be taking to the big screen for the fifth time as maverick ‘Die Hard’ cop John McClane. John always finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time – at which point everything around… read more

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Dance for Joy

10th
February

It’s 3:30am. I’m sitting in bed, and while my ears are buzzing my mind is calm. I’ve just got in from a dance, and though it’s late I’m nowhere near ready to sleep. I feel compelled to write about tonight,… read more

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