The Bee Widow.
We had a long weekend at the national bee convention at Harper Adams University. The beekeeper spent all his time at erudite lectures and quizzing the trade representatives about the latest bits of kit. For my part, I was making…
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Vicious cycle.
Recent ONS data and their report highlighted the links between parents’ and children’s mental health problems, making each other’s situation worse and, for the children, impacting on their school results. Links between parental mental health, child mental health and school…
Listen Up!
This week I’m doing an in-person talk for the Portsmouth Association of Wrens on Tuesday evening. It will be good to be amongst so many with shared experience of life in uniform. Also, whether you have a sight problem or…
Making Tax Digital exemptions
Making Tax Digital is nearly upon us. www.gov.uk/government/collections/making-tax-digital-for-income-tax But there are some exemptions: 1. Automatic exemptions – based on information already held by HMRC There are 2 types of automatic exemption: Permanent – not requiredto use MTD for Income Tax,…
DWP’s crystal ball.
Some people may be sceptical due to the Department’s distinctly patchy record of getting things right, but they are apparently going to be able to decide when people with long-term health conditions limiting their day-to-day activities aren’t really too disabled. …
Choux experiment.
It took four of us: Karen the high priestess of the kitchen, Kathy the super-gardener, Will who’s another blind veteran and muggins here, to make choux buns for lunch. It was all highly experimental with one pre-made batch of raw…
Just three things …
Firstly, here’s the link to my Radio Victory interview last week: Look for Sunday’s ‘Between the Lines’ (15th March ’26) I start at about minute 16. Might be useful for anyone who is facing a life-changing health condition. …
Loose end Sunday 15 March at 1800
If you’ve nothing better to do Sunday 6pm (for landlubbers!) you could listen to my latest interview on Radio Victory. To listen online click on the link below: DAB+ and Online : Radio like it used to be!…
Tackle longer but lonelier, less healthy and less happy lives.
Here are some extracts from a recent Office for National statistics report. Not very positive but perhaps a timely reminder to take back control of our lives: watch the diet, do a bit more exercise, make more contacts with friends,…
Who said that being back in the workplace was best?
During the Covid pandemic, lots of jobs moved to remote home-working but now employers want more people back where they can see them. For disabled people, such moves can create serious limitations: the struggle to travel; negative impact on health;…