Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death “Small boats” is not an inherent or standard example of Hegel’s dialectic in philosophical studies. Hegel’s dialectic is a formal philosophical method, not a term for a contemporary political issue. However, the political and social issues surrounding “small boats”Continue reading “Hegel’s Dialectic”
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NHS Cancer Vaccine Launch Pad
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death In 2025, the focus for cancer vaccines is on continued clinical trials, particularly for personalised mRNA vaccines and therapeutic vaccines. The NHS Cancer Vaccine Launch Pad is fast-tracking patients with head and neck cancer into an mRNA vaccine trial using technology to train theContinue reading “NHS Cancer Vaccine Launch Pad”
“Department of War”
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death IN 1964, A GROUP OF Chinese officials gave the nations of the world a simple challenge: You say your nuclear weapons are for defence, not for attack? So we’ll sign here to show we are serious, and you doContinue reading ““Department of War””
Doomsday
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished. The Guardian, 2nd August 2025,Damian Carrington reviewed, ‘Self-Termination is most likely’ : the history and future of societal collapse. WeContinue reading “Doomsday”
Holly Butcher (1990 – 2018)
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. I recently read a blog by a young woman, Holly Butcher, who has now died aged 27 from cancer. She was offering her ‘final piece of life advice’ — written the day before she died. It caused me toContinue reading “Holly Butcher (1990 – 2018)”
Glastonbury 2025
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. My, fourteenth, Glastonbury I have been a Glasto Junky for just shy of 20 years (2007-2025). In what seems like the blink of an eye, another, amazing, Glastonbury Festival is over. As always, I experienced SO much yet, missed,Continue reading “Glastonbury 2025”
Sick Note Me
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. [As] my cancer has spread (metastasised) to 5 other areas, including my lungs, I completed a month, 4 weeks, 20 days (with weekends off), Radiation Therapy. At the same time commencing, for the first time, Hormone Treatment. After anContinue reading “Sick Note Me”
A Crazy Day!
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Monday 3rd, a new [heart] appointment, a repeat, CT Angiogram with Calcium Score. Wednesday, 5th arranged to run consecutively 3.00pm the Royal followed by a 4.00pm Radiation session, Clatterbridge, Cancer Hospital, Liverpool (next to the Royal Liverpool Hospital). TuesdayContinue reading “A Crazy Day!”
Radiation Therapy
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Radiation therapy, also known as radiotherapy, is a cancer treatment that uses high-energy rays, like X-rays, to kill cancer cells and shrink tumours, either alone or in combination with other treatments e.g. hormone drugs, chemotherapy even surgery. Radiation therapyContinue reading “Radiation Therapy”
It’s a Marathon not a Sprint
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Fighting [living with] cancer is absolutely physically exhausting, and mentally devastating not just for the person but for those close to them. Knowing it will never, fully, be beaten, but rather, how long will you be able to outrunContinue reading “It’s a Marathon not a Sprint”
Dying to Live 