Finding the chase and cutting to it

In a world full of Baby Boomers and Millenials, my generation were never called anything by Gen X.  Born between 1965 and 1980, I am slap in the middle of “my generation” and I am going to be talking about it. We’re the misfits.  Our parents are boomers, and we just make up 20% of […]

Weight-watchers has been a trope in many middle aged romcom books over its 62 year history – but it has recently been facing stiff competition from app led regimes such as Noom, and finally from a simple medication that achieves weight loss by curbing appetite. There is a hitch though… You’re kidding me, I would […]

It’s the last day of May and as I was lazing in bed this fine Saturday, I heard the Radio 4 programme of the time telling me hose pipe bans were likely to be introduced as much of the country is “in drought”. I live in the part of England that is declared as “semi-arid”. […]

Can I be absolutely frank with you: having type 1 diabetes is frightening. Anyone with type 1 feels this from time to time, from the first hypo you have, to the first hyper that won’t respond to insulin, to the first screening you have for retinal defects (diabetic retinopathy and maculopathy). This is, like the […]

I am a coder, it’s what I do, it’s how I view the world. It’s not the only way to solve problems, it is not the only tool in my kit, but it is a powerful one for the right kind of problems. I spend, during my working week, approx. 7 hours a day sitting […]