I’ve just got home from a birthday party. It wasn’t a party for a person – it was for an organisation, UnLtd, a much loved friend of, investor in, and advocate for, social entrepreneurs. It’s an organisation that provides practical and financial support for individuals who come up with good ideas for positive social change.…
A while ago I shared some ticced horoscopes that’d emerged while I’d been chatting about star signs with Poppy and Leftwing Idiot. Lots of people have been enjoying them, and one friend, Gemma, suggested we make them into YouTube videos.
So that’s how I found myself sitting between a gold Moon Frog and a Dream Catcher, wearing a specially made shawl in traditional Touretteshero colours, singing spontaneously about Libras as snow fluttered down outside the window.…
It’s bitterly cold again. The temperature’s really dropped and snow’s been floating down intermittently all day.
I’ve been outside all day on a trip with the children from work to visit another adventure playground. But although I’ve been exposed to the elements, I’ve not been cold.…
Yesterday I wrote about the amazing meals my friends and support workers have been preparing for me. Tonight, hanging out with Zoë, I ticced, “Let’s cook with biscuits and sheep.” My tics then went on to describe how you’d do this.…
My friend Keir has cropped up in this blog many times, sometimes when he’s been helping me out or when we’ve been dancing or when he’s produced amazing tic-inspired art for our website. Last night he managed all three in one excellent evening.…
A year or so ago I ticced, “Soft-porn snowstorm” and as soon as I’d said it, Poppy vowed to make one when she’d finished Uni.
True to her word, this evening she presented me with a snow globe, and standing proudly in the middle was a naked woman.…
The final post of any year feels like a big deal. But at the end of such a busy year this one feels particularly significant.
As the third year of Touretteshero comes to a close I feel incredibly proud of what we’ve achieved.…
Tonight on his TV chat show Jonathan Ross described Jamie Oliver as being ‘Like Gordon Ramsey but without the Tourettes.’ I’m not particularly worked up by this comment but I do want to say once again, and as clearly as I can, why I don’t find jokes about Tourettes and swearing funny.…
The Christmas season’s full of traditions and activities that we can only bear once a year. Not least of these is the Christmas Pantomime, where washed-up celebrities put on tights and encourage mobs of children to shout abuse at them.
Having published my first book just a couple of months ago, I thought ‘Why stop there?’…
Several months ago, when winter still felt a long way away, Leftwing Idiot and I took a trip into town to meet Billy Elliott – not the famous dancer but the incredibly talented animator.
Our mission was to see if Bill would be up for creating a video to go with the LiveTalk Christmas special I’d just recorded.…
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