A Potted History of Lamp-Posts

I’ve written many times about the lamp-post I can see from my bedroom window and the surreal relationship my tics have with it.

But lamp-posts and I have a long history. It’s a history I hadn’t given much thought to previously, and certainly haven’t yet written about.…

Guess who’s back?

Here’s my friend Joe back with some really good news – I’ll let him tell you all about it.

Guess who’s back again? Rodney’s back, tell a friend!

Hi, it’s me, Joe (Ticcer Rodney) – remember my post about the tic-nic?…

iPan

I took my phone into the bathroom with me yesterday afternoon and put it on the side of the basin while I used the loo. When I’d finished I used the grab rail to push myself up and over to the basin so I could wash my hands.…

Thought for the Day

Every day, on the Today programme, BBC Radio Four airs Thought for the Day, a three-minute slot that offers reflections from a faith perspective on issues and people in the news. Usually a religious leader or thinker gives that thought.

A little while ago the idea of doing a Tourettes version came up in conversation.…

Tics for Time Out

Time Out magazine is available in many cities, but for me it’s most strongly associated with London, and in today’s edition there’s an interview with me in it.

I’m really pleased to have had the opportunity to talk about my experience of Tourettes and my mission to change the world one tic at a time.…

Dear Grandma

My gran played a big role in my life throughout my childhood and I spent a while living with her in Blackpool when I was small. Later, she moved from Lancashire to Milton Keynes so she could be closer to us in London.…

Conversations With Carers

I have two regular agency carers who help me out at home, each doing different days of the week. One of them has just started a university course in Health and Social Care and so can’t always come, and the other isn’t very well at the moment.…

The Dolphins Ride Again

But this time with a Teapot and the Forest of Dean…

Yesterday I wrote about the flood of dolphin-tics that came out during a ‘ticcing fit’ I had early in the morning. A very similar thing happened later in the day when Poppy was with me, except this time it came out as a song.…

Olive and the Dolphins

Four months ago I wrote about Poppy waking me up in the early hours of the morning to talk about penguins.

Actually, my tics had said Poppy did that, straight after I’d had a long ‘ticcing fit’, and they followed on with a whole stream of penguin-related tics.…

The Party Chair

In a few weeks time I’m going to Shambala Festival – a brilliant, creative, music festival that takes place near Market Harborough. I went last year and had a fantastic time. This year looks set to be great too, with many of my favourite people already going or planning to go.…