I’m sure there’ll be millions of blogs excitedly announcing today that we’re only a month away from Christmas, but I strongly suspect this will be the only post to celebrate by launching a festive greetings card created by the incredible Jim’ll Paint It.…

Every so often Leftwing Idiot goes off to host comedy disco nights with our friends Cassetteboy (there are two of them). In an effort to avoid losing his voice half-way through a show, he’s started doing vocal warm-up exercises from a CD.…

Quick as a flash another month has passed, and once again it’s time to get mystic with a Tourettes-enriched horoscope. So, Sagittarians, here at long last are your predictions for the year. I hope you enjoy hearing what the stars have in store.…

Today’s post is written by guest blogger Alec. He shares his recent journey with Tourettes, and describes the key things that’ve helped him cope since the onset of his tics ten months ago. Over to Alec…

To start with, I’m honoured to write an entry for a blog from which I draw so much personal help.…

This time last month I was celebrating my second ‘Fitiversary’ with friends in a local restaurant. Any regular readers will know my ‘ticcing fits’ play a significant part in my life. They also featured in my TEDx talk at the Albert Hall in September when I shared a ‘sonification’ of two months’ worth of fits generated by actual data about each fit.…

It’s not all about biscuits on here you know – far from it. A quick search of my tics for ‘Bears’ currently returns over 100 results, and they’ve made a wide range of wild claims about our furry friends over the years, including:

‘Polar bears riot in Tottenham.’…

One of the nicest things about hosting a tic-inspired gallery online is being surprised when a flurry of new images suddenly appears. And that’s exactly what’s happened recently but usually it’s only one artist who gets over-excited and puts up lots of pictures.…

Yesterday Leftwing Idiot, Poppy and I went on a day trip to Brighton to have a meeting with some friends. We had a lovely time while we were there but the day was overshadowed by the awful journeys. They were so bad I’m writing about them this evening and not the visit itself.…

For the last few weeks I’ve been used to a new vocal tic. It’s one I say several times a day, but not all the time. Unusually for me it’s not a surreal mash-up of random ideas. Instead, it’s a line from a 1980s TV advert for a chocolate bar.…

Yesterday afternoon my colleague Sylvie, who manages the adventure playground where I work, asked me if I could cover for her briefly while she helped a child. I’m always happy to do this but yesterday I was raring to go. The reason?…