This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay
I’ve seen This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay around a lot. I knew it was about life in the NHS and written by a doctor. I’d heard it was quite good. BUT WHY DID NOBODY TELL ME HOW GOOD?! Seriously, I loved this book. It had me laughing out loud (and I’m not the kind of person who generally laughs out loud at books) within seconds of picking it. It is very, very funny. And a real eye opener on life inside the NHS. We...
My son: Training for his first half marathon
For as long as I can remember, my son has been saying that he will run the Cheltenham half marathon when he turns 17. (Generally speaking, 17 is the age when kids can enter a half marathon for the first time.) There are many advantages to being fit and active as parents. There’s the fact that you are stronger and healthier, of course, and there’s the sense of wellbeing, but what it’s easy to forget is that it also...
Being brave
When I was younger, I was pretty brave. Not daring as such, but pretty brave. If I wanted to go somewhere, I would just go. So I flew on my own at 17, I went on a coach trip to see the Levellers in Belgium when I was 19 and I went to gigs on my own throughout my late teens and early 20s. And then I had children. From the very first time I took my newborn baby son out into the world (just a short walk round the block in the pram), I...