(Published in The Stray Ferret here: https://thestrayferret.co.uk/news/latest/opinion-how-staying-at-harrogate-hospital-made-me-rethink-healthcare) The most beautiful moment of my life occurred in Harrogate Hospital in October 2024. I want to use this column to tell you [...]
Published in The Stray Ferret here: https://thestrayferret.co.uk/news/latest/a-tale-of-two-harrogate-cinemas-odeon-vs-everyman If Orange Wednesdays were still a thing, we all know where they’d happen. The Odeon. Not the Everyman. That was peak cinema for [...]
Geopolitics comes to Harrogate (Published on 11 January 2026: https://thestrayferret.co.uk/news/latest/opinion-what-would-a-nato-wobble-mean-for-the-harrogate-district) May we live in interesting times. That old Chinese curse — or blessing — feels uncomfortably relevant, given recent [...]
(The below was written for The Yorkshire Post; perhaps they will print; perhaps they won’t) Merry Christmas, Sir Keir Starmer KC. As a former solicitor, I’m used to instructing [...]
One of the realities of modern politics is how often significant decisions happen with very little public awareness. Not because they are trivial, rather because they never properly enter the [...]
I was very unwell back in October 24, needing five days in hospital. During my time as an inpatient, I experienced the most beautiful moment of my life. In [...]
Following Trump's recent peace deal in the Middle East, I am pasting below my blog on this topic from December 24. ................................................ I wanted Trump to win the last election. [...]
Last night, I booked a holiday to Tenerife. Solo. Twenty-four hours later, I’m typing this as we prepare to land. I’ll do almost anything to escape this health crash. The [...]
Many of you will know that I had an eventful first day at work as a trainee lawyer - in that I was arrested/assaulted by an off-duty police officer who [...]
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