I always used to marvel at the 17 water colour paintings of warships which adorned our walls back home, where ever my parents had lived.They varied from vessels with masts, more akin to the Battle of Trafalgar, right through to one of the first dreadnoughts of the 20th century HMS Cornwallis, later sunk by a German U-boat in WWI. […]

Part 1 Huge banks of cloud, stretched endlessly below as our plane began its decent, towards the south coast of England. It was odd to be returning to my place of birth with such a feeling of detachment, especially as we were playing Iceland that night in the football. Four days earlier, the country had […]

RIP Muhammed Ali You will always float like a butterfly and sting like a bee. The greatest –  you stuck to your principals, inspiring millions, both when boxing and after. I’ll never forget Harry Carpenter’s excitement when you won the title for the 3rd time and your bravery, looking back at Atlanta ’96 and your moment lighting the Olympic flame. […]

The oil companies, drug companies and big business are screwing us and the world, and we just let them do it because of blatant ignorance. I lived with MS for over 25 years, never prescribed any drugs to halt the process just self medicated with cannabis – it’s kept me in the game. Yet thousands […]

19 years ago I was diagnosed with Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis via various methods, including an MRI scan. Today I saw my neurologist who thought it was about time I had another MRI scan…..19 years on. Talk about the irony of it and of the horse having already bolted. People with PPMS still have no […]

The A40 between Cheltenham and Gloucester, is quite a non de-script road. Dotted with warehouses, the occasional field with the odd pony staring aimlessly at nothing. It’s not the place I’d normally be hanging out, but with the end of the C of E championship for another season, I’d been delighted to bag an interview […]

Casualties of war I’ve been a regular cannabis user since the age of 16. It’s always been my drug of choice before and after MS and I’m certain it’s infusions have served me well. As early as the ancient Greeks its medical properties were bestowed and many cultures feed on its healing ways. However ever […]

I was lucky as a kid, we lived mostly in the country, and mum was a great home cook. We tended to eat little processed food and were blessed with a vegetable plot, so we ate generally what we sowed. Of course my favourite suppers were birds eye beef burgers or findus pancakes which my […]