Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Fight for treatment. Fight for life. With waiting lists for NHS treatment currently at a record breaking high 6,000,000+ and counting, waiting for treatment. To receive a Cancer Diagnosis is even more alarming in those conditions. I have spokeContinue reading “FIGHT”
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Suicide
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. In the UK A man dan dies every 45 minutes from Prostate Cancer. According to Cancer Research UK, there are over 164,000 cancer deaths in the UK each year, which is about 450 each day. 1 in 2 people (in theContinue reading “Suicide”
Antimatter £42.5 trillion a Gram
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. What is humanity’s most valuable commodity? So precious that you are unable to buy more? Once lost, can never be replenished? Yet, is also the commodity that we take most for granted and waste most often? Can we compareContinue reading “Antimatter £42.5 trillion a Gram”
Go Early or Delay?
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Prostate cancer is a leading cause of cancer death in men. Best case for men with advanced (metastatic) prostate cancer is ten years tops. Treatment goals for men with advanced prostate cancer include prolonging survival, preventing or delaying symptomsContinue reading “Go Early or Delay?”
The Doorway Effect
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Why does walking through doorways make us forget? Forgetting why you entered a room is called the “Doorway Effect”, and it may reveal as much about the strengths of human memory, as it does the weaknesses. We’ve all doneContinue reading “The Doorway Effect”
From Liverpool To Russia With Love
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Children of Chernobyl Benefit Concert The Children of Chernobyl Benefit Concert was held at the Dynama Stadium in Minsk, (Dynamo Minsk Olympic Stadium) BSSR on April 23 and 24, 1991, five years after the nuclear reactor’s meltdown. The event featured bands from around the world andContinue reading “From Liverpool To Russia With Love”
The Empty Suit
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. 17 months in, today (29/9/21), ‘Sir Keith’ in all his glowing emptiness made his first ‘F2F’ (Leader) party speech to Labour Conference. There is still every indication that Starmer is utterly intransigent and will continue to butt his headContinue reading “The Empty Suit “
Let’s Talk About Death
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Truth is we are really shit at dying? Our own death and those of our loved ones. We are just not very comfortable with death and dying? The only certainty in life, we know it’s going to come yetContinue reading “Let’s Talk About Death”
Loss
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Fabric of Life Yesterday, in the early hours my wifes mum, Peggy Parr died. She wasn’t young, ninety-two, her death was not unexpected. It is fair to say she was a difficult woman. Maybe at 92 you are entitledContinue reading “Loss”
Wealth Tax
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. HM Revenue & Customs (this week) published an analysis of the income tax paid in the UK by salary band, region and gender. In total we paid £174bn income tax in 2016-17, (the latest year for which figures are available). OfContinue reading “Wealth Tax”
Dying to Live 