My last blog post covered the Work and Health Programme (W&HP) for disabled people who had been “identified as being capable of finding...

The current Labour government is very keen for people with chronic illness to somehow move into work. Despite all the evidence which...

Labour have enthusiastically reported that they are carrying out a review that will be the first of its kind, but it is unclear what is new

I found this old blogpost from April that I had forgotten to publish at the time, about where my chronic illness had got to at that point.

“The word we might use most commonly next to "suffering" is "season." But what if your experience of suffering is your life's climate?...

One of the government’s most common tropes when it is discussing welfare is a desire to focus support on ‘the most needy’. Superficially...

The UK PM perpetuates the myth of the sick note culture, as an excuse to cut support to sick and disabled people.

I actually wrote this blog post back in November - still autumn - but forgot about it so never reviewed and posted it. Here it is, a...

I went to a food club recently. A food club is where you pay a small-ish amount of money for food that is about to go out-of-date, or...

I was pleased to be able to watch, over zoom, the second ‘Accessing the Divine’ conference, held by Boston Theological Inter-religious...

The budget today announced a lot of stuff, and most of it I’m not qualified to comment on. I’m interested, because I have a sister with...

I recently started watching the series SAS: Who Dares Wins, right from the first series. I’ve found it quite addictive, possibly in part...

Lowborn I recently read Kerry Hudson’s 2019 book, Lowborn. I don’t really have much to say about it, because honestly it is so good. And...

One of the things that I have been thinking about a bit over the last few years is the balance between individualism and collectivism in...

I’ve been thinking about depression and Christianity these last few days as the topic came up in a recent sermon at my church. It’s a...

I was recently recommended Mez McConnell’s latest book, The Least, The Last and The Lost (I think that’s the right order!). Church Action...

Yesterday I came across this tweet from Heather Renee Morgan, @H_R_Morgan: “"Stand if you are able" isn't the inclusive statement people...

It used to be that I was part of a team of people with chronic illness who researched and wrote about the government’s actions on social...

I love gardening. I love sitting on the ground in the sun removing weeds, dead-heading flowers or re-training a clematis. I love pruning...