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Don’t Tear It All Down, Man

This is a tricky thing to write and I’ve needed to think hard about what I wanted to say. A few weeks ago, a statue in Bristol was torn from its plinth and thrown into a river. That statue was

What do you really believe? That’s a question I have to ask myself every day, along with: Do you believe that there is still no god? Do you believe that science is still a good thing? Are you sure? Do

Macaloon

What’s this? A new blog after only a year? Yes, I know I am super slack but these days but I find it difficult to write a blog until I’m excited about something or something has annoyed me to

We Need to Talk About Devon

On the 3rd April 2017 and after 44 years of living in Halifax I’m moving to Okehampton in Devon. This has been a devastating blow for my existing plan of living here until old age, dying penniless in a council

LGBT History Month 2017

Well it’s here again, LGBT History Month. Most people will leave this particular aspect of February unmarked in their diary. After all, unless you identify as part of the rainbow alphabet you may be forgiven for thinking that it doesn’t

A Special Podcast

Well it took weeks to write, a day to record and 26 hours to edit. So I hope you will enjoy this special. We made it for Christmas but it has so little Christmas in it, you can listen to

Trans Allies and Where to Find Them?

This year marks the 20th anniversary of my coming out as gay to my family and friends. Back in those days ‘coming out’ was quite a daunting thing to do, not like these days with all the hover acceptance and flying

My Year in Review – 2015

It has been a while since I’ve written one of these, so let me begin. January Wake up without a hangover, having made the New Year resolution to only use crack cocaine. Spend the rest of the month committing petty

“The strange thing is I don’t actually own a dog.”

I bloody love dogs. In fact for the first 19 years of my life, you would have been hard pressed to see me more than a few feet away from one. However that changed the night I handed over the