STORIES: WORK
The Blind Assassin
My neighbour was kind enough to drive me to #Heathrow terminal five. It rose out of the Hounslow ground like the architectural jewel of an emerging [...]
Spontaneous Combustion
A conversation about unemployment rates amongst disabled people of working age reminded me, not only how lucky I have been, but of the sheer lunacy of [...]
Hanging on the Telephone
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Eye-Care and Visual Impairment has just published a report on the state of eye care in the NHS. The heart [...]
Independence
A friend of mine told me that I was too independent. I didn’t say so, but bunkham. So, I got to thinking about the concept of [...]
Is Justice Blind?
Not for the first time, I was recently called for jury service. The difference this time was that I wasn't told to go away because of [...]
The Busy Body
It might have been Joseph Heller who said something along the lines that just because you are paranoid, doesn’t mean they aren’t out to get you. [...]
You Are What You Wear
The young are all blessed with beauty. I admit that beauty is a subjective judgement. I think that my god daughter, who is keen on an [...]