My Writing Plans For 2021
March 26, 2021
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These last 15 months have been some of the strangest in my life. The fourth recurrence of my bowel cancer started in January 2020, and
Which Diet Shall I Do Now (for 12 Weeks)?
March 19, 2021
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Back in 2019, through a combination of diet and exercise, I managed to lose a whole bunch of weight. In early 2020, however, I got
We Decided to Plant a Forest in our Field
March 12, 2021
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Back in 2019, we decided that it time to move house. Specifically, it was time to get that house in the country, that we’d always
Can an Alkaline Diet Cure Cancer?
March 8, 2021
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When I saw the idea that an alkaline diet can cure cancer had started doing the rounds again, I thought; “Oh well, at least it’ll
Cooking in a Shared Student Kitchen
March 5, 2021
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One of the biggest challenges facing students when they attend university for the first time, is cooking. Specifically, cooking in a shared kitchen. After all,
February 2021 Update and Waiting
March 1, 2021
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Towards the end of my January update post, I said that I hoped February 2021 would, “deliver the surgery, and really get 2021 off to
Did the Big Bang Really Happen?
February 26, 2021
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As everyone with any degree of science education knows: around 13.8 billion years ago, there was nothing… then there was a big bang. Now, as
What Does Arthritis in my Knee Mean for Hockey?
February 12, 2021
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So, it turns out that if you play decades of hockey, while being too overweight to sensibly do so, there is a knock-on effect on
Can Genetically Modified Foods Cause Cancer?
February 8, 2021
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Genetically modified foods have been around for quite a while now. Since 1994, in fact, when the the Flavr Savr tomato was introduced. The idea
How To Get Extra UCAS Points For University
February 5, 2021
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Around this time last year, and when my older daughter, Emma, was thinking about such things, I wrote a post asking whether it was worth
January 2021 Update and Progress
January 29, 2021
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Whereas December 2020 had been a month dominated by questions, January 2021 was when I started to get some answers. Given the low bar set
Are All Men Really Created Equal?
January 22, 2021
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I recently read the novel Copperhead, by Bernard Cornwell. This book is set during the American Civil War and included a conversation between a northerner