Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death 7.00pm -A none listed [no name] call to my mobile ‘Alright mate how’s it going? A Guildford number and an unmistakeable scouse accent, Mark Markham? An old new friend? Mark and I were very close growing up together in Downing Road, Bootle and [somehow] we lost touch for 50 years and more. WeContinue reading “Ask Franc”
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THE ZERO RATE EXPERIMENT
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death Millennials Confront High Inflation for the First Time. Years of relaxed Bank of England policy have created a bitter generational divide and stoked a huge bubble – now the bill is falling due. We had lived in a world of near-zero interest rates for 14 years. We had become so used to them,Continue reading “THE ZERO RATE EXPERIMENT”
7 from 10
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death 10th December 2022 -Exactly, forty six years ago my band, Berlin played a gig at Eric’s, Liverpool. 46 years on I am on another night out with three of my oldest friends. The timing is coincidental however, the four of us were also together in Eric’s all those years ago. What has changed?Continue reading “7 from 10”
Scanxiety
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death It’s that time again, blood tests, a round of scans, followed by a stressful, wait to see how much worse my cancer has become. No matter how many times I go thru this it is always the most stressful of times. SCANXIETY That wait between having a scan and receiving results it is always difficult.Continue reading “Scanxiety”
UK Child Hunger – A 21st Century Shame
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Children in the UK are hungry. Old news. You knew that already, right? We have heard it all before, child poverty, child hunger. No matter how many times I see this written down or said [not as often as it should be] within UK media I still have to remind myself that weContinue reading “UK Child Hunger – A 21st Century Shame”
Lest We Forget
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. If you finish reading this post and still believe we should NOT have a general election and or Johnson should be re-elected Prime Minister, then you are a complete moron. Former chancellor Nadhim Zahawi resigned while Johnson was prime minister and in his parting remarks urged him to “leave with dignity” and saidContinue reading “Lest We Forget“
45 Days of Chaos
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death 22nd October 2022 – The UK’s economic outlook has been downgraded from “stable” to “negative” by the rating agency Moody’s because of political instability and high inflation. Moody’s said the change in outlook was driven by “heightened unpredictability in policymaking amid weaker growth prospects and high inflation” and “risks to the UK’s debtContinue reading “45 Days of Chaos”
Cancer Clinical Trials
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common malignancy and second leading cause of cancer-related death amongst men in the Western World. The idea to utilise the patients’ immune system to fight tumours has revolutionized the field of anticancer therapy within the last decade. In fact, immunotherapeutic approaches have been triumphant in several highlyContinue reading “Cancer Clinical Trials”
Not Sick Enough
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Incurable. But Not Sick Enough. Thanks for Reading Peace
Therapeutic Cancer Vaccine
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Today is a good day, no it was better than that, much better, today is a GREAT day. I am one step nearer to an important clinical trial I have been anticipating for close to four, long, pandemic years. During a recent consultation with my current oncologist, Dr Eswar, I (further), expressed myContinue reading “Therapeutic Cancer Vaccine“
Dying to Live 