I enjoyed this book a lot. At times it made for difficult reading, not because it contents were shocking (they were indeed shocking but, as I shall explain, this was not unexpected or unanticipated) but because it provided me with an insight into life experiences that will be familiar to many, but, as a white … Continue reading Book Review: Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race, by Reni Eddo-Lodge
Category: Life
If I’m Perfectly Honest, I Am Not Surprised
I don't usually blog abut the news, but this is important to me. I am speaking up because silence and/or indifference always helps the oppressor, never the victim. Any hate will be treated with the contempt it deserves and ignored.
Time To Start a Bucket List
Yesterday I visited the surgeon at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham and talked transplants. Typically, the NHS system in Stoke does not talk to the system in Birmingham, so there was a lot of repetition; information, questions, blood tests, talk of what will happen and possible consequences, but the upshot of the meeting was overwhelmingly … Continue reading Time To Start a Bucket List
Thank You for the Likes
In my last blog I broke the taboo and rather than being exiled, my calls were answered. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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