Although I’ve done a couple of small things, I am returning for the first time since my brother John died in late December to beginning...

Woke in the night for a while. Had the thought that one of the things that really characterises human beings is our ability to improvise....

It seems like being ‘motivated’ is one of the cardinal virtues in the UK at the moment. Not to be motivated is usually regarded with the...

13th August 2020 My friend Tammy Arjona reposted these words I’d posted on 11th August 2015. I’d forgotten about them. Refuse to be cut...

9th July 2020. I've been working on a new album on and off for the last year and a half. During lockdown I've been working solidly on...

PRIDE 2020. 28th June 2020. Yesterday, on the recommendation of my friend Miguel I watched a programme called 'Disclosure' on Netflix....

15th June 2020. I’ve seen a few statements from arts educational institutions in support of Black Lives Matter. I’m still reading them...

15th June 2020. I was brought up an Irish Catholic, so I know quite a lot about guilt. I know how destructive it can be and I also know...

18th April 2020. It changes depending on who I’m talking to I change it Even when I try not to There’s my London voice My...

28th March 2020. I lived with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for a long time. To be honest, I think I still live with a less severe version of...

15th February 2020. I was 'off me’ed' dancing in Strangeways (the Manchester gay club night, not the Manchester prison) and at one point...

25th November 2019. Bit of a niche thing this … there’s this funny little sub-culture called ‘Contemporary Music’. It’s part of the...

21st October 2019. My Mum had various jobs when I was little. The longest one was as a Nursing Assistant on nights (two or three nights a...

17th October 2019. I was sent to a Grammar School at eleven. I passed the eleven plus, but originally replied saying I didn’t want to go...

5th October 2019. (From Facebook). This post is sharing something about depression as I’ve experienced it. Please, please, please,...

3rd October 2019. Don’t make what’s outside of you Shame the inside It’s the greatest victory Of ‘there is no other way’ When we tangle...

23rd August 2019. As queers we are mostly brought up in non-queer families or environments. Hopefully, in some places thas beginning to...

14th July 2019. I got to about 13 or 14 and there was talk of me getting a Saturday job. My sister Lorraine who was (and still is) a year...

20th September 2018. I’ve been working for several hours at a time on Threnody this week. It’s been tricky … I just don’t seem to be able...

10th August 2018. Today I really had to drag myself back to Refuge. And once I had done I felt like I should just give up on it....