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Sep 15, 2025

How I Got Over My Fear of Deep Water In Six Weeks

With the help of a hypnotherapist and some other tricks

dark tiled swimming pool viewed from the pool floor underwater, with the reflection of the tiles visible in the rippling surface of the water.

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Jul 9, 2025

How Scarlet Birthright Mirrors My Own Life

Trisha’s father left her behind for America. My father did the same.

To the left, images of the cover of Scarlet Birthright appearing on a tablet screen, phone screen and hardcover book. Cover theme colours are teal, dusky red and canary yellow. To the right, a quote from the novella that is referenced in this article.

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Age of Empathy

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Dec 12, 2021

I Wanted To Overcome My Fear of The Deep End

So I signed up for a swimathon

I Wanted To Overcome My Fear of The Deep End

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May 10, 2022

I Grew Up Catholic — and I Believe in a Woman’s Right To Choose

Seek, and you shall find — a moral question with no answer.

I Grew Up Catholic — and I Believe in a Woman’s Right To Choose

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Oct 14, 2022

The Hugs Not Given — or How Not To Say Goodbye to Your Son

I was teaching him not to feel, perhaps because I hadn’t learned how to feel myself

The Hugs Not Given — or How Not To Say Goodbye to Your Son

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Mar 7

Ethos is Everything. Why I Buy From Bookshop.org

Business is good and we are the revolution

Ethos is Everything. Why I Buy From Bookshop.org

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Jul 3, 2025

My Drift Away from the UK Labour Party

Our governments’ reactions to Israel’s military actions in Gaza cannot be seen in isolation.

A poster at a London protest against the Israeli state’s military action against civilian populations in Gaza. Centred-text reads ‘We can’t let this be NORMALIZED.’ The artwork includes many symbols of Palestine including the black and white keffiyeh and a slice of watermelon.

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Jan 10, 2025

A Serious Book, Beginning With a Nude Model Smeared In Chocolate

The God of Good Looks was my favourite fiction read of the year

Book cover for The God of Good Looks. Art work depicts a woman whose brown skin tone blends with the orange background. She has purple hair and emphatic eye make-up that make her look fierce but calm. I’d describe the image as pop art with a dash of the surreal but I’m no art expert.

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Dec 30, 2024

I Tried Breathwork to Stop My Palpitations

Taking the course was the best decision I made all year

I Tried Breathwork to Stop My Palpitations

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Jul 31, 2024

Finding Radical Danny

Is the author of Power to the People really that radical?

Danny, smiling, fist raised in ‘solidarity’ holding a copy of his book.

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Ex-Doctor, Ex-Catholic, Ex-Muslim. Climate Worrier & Wannabe Climate Warrior. Novelist. Human. Label resistant. https://thefriendlyradicalnextdoor.substack.com/

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