Stop the press

Back in a time when a badly written press release could file itself obligingly from a fax machine into the waste bin placed strategically below, my younger self worked as a Press Officer. Printed editorial copy was then valued at three times the weight of an advert and there was no click bait or reader…

Gluteal amnesia

In the weeks since saying goodbye to mum, I feel both the loss of my parent and the loss of my ally in the adoption of random health and fitness advice – gobbets of information that we accepted without science or reason. Because we were both so accepting of novel and unsubstantiated wellbeing advice, I…