“Pollycock” is a semi-autobiographical novel (as in, names have been changed), written by me. Its central character featured in an...

I recently experienced another breakdown (curious how, every year since I can remember, they seem to build out of manic episodes, which...

I was 16 when I saw “Ben-Hur” (1959) for the first time - all however-many-hours there was of it. Perhaps, the most worn-out sections of...

From time to time, I watch Stephen Fry’s series on manic depression from start to finish, and never cease to find something new in each...

I’ve not been very active for a while - basically because, after years of mania, I was plunged into menopausal depression, for about a...

Scapegoat No More - Zero Tolerance of Victimisation Oh dear. I have just discovered another bunch of bullies want to get me thrown out of...

It has just gone midday on Christmas Day 2021, as I write this. I am on my own, in a quiet house, with no distractions. I am reflecting...

There has been much talk, in recent years, of narcissistic mothers, and the effects they have had on their daughters. I’ll dare to go one...

Most of my generation are currently entering the menopause. Now, if I hear one more woman saying that they “sailed through it”, I am gong...

“Rockabye, rockabye…I’m gonna rock you Rockabye, rockabye…somebody’s got you Rockabye, rockabye…I’m gonna rock you Rockabye, rockabye …(a...

Following an afternoon walk, kicking off through crunchy carpets of multicoloured leaves, which blanket the mud in Walter Raleigh’s...

It was just another ordinary day, today. I got up at stupid o’clock in the morning, and the moment it was light enough, sauntered across...

I used to, and still do, like some of Marlene Dietrich’s music, even though I found the ever-changing shape of her drawn-on eyebrows...

"We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad." (Said the Cheshire Cat - Alice in Wonderland) So we are, perhaps; most people have their own...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcSdwXay5es Zarathustra, Zarathustra, Zarathustra, Zarathustra… Ears I have eyes I have mouth I have...