THE SKINNER

As I have detailed elsewhere, before I got taken on by Macmillan I was working my way up the writing ladder with numerous setbacks along the...

I recently had my Twitter account restricted, which came as a surprise what with a ‘free speech absolutist’ now in charge. But then Twitter ...

If there’s one lesson I hope people have learned and are learning in this internet social media age it is that are no founts of truth out th...

Between my school years and my early twenties I was coming to decisions about what to do with my life – where to apply my effort. I’ve menti...

Those who follow me on the social media will know that for quite a few years now I’ve been on a health-optimising rollercoaster. The backgro...

 Feb 2nd Phew! I guess I've now got what I was aiming for with ketosis. It's been 6 days since I ended my last fast. I've been e...

As a child, in my teens and through to my twenties and early thirties, I was an avid reader of science fiction and fantasy. I used to altern...

 1st Jan January 1st 2022. If previous years are anything to go by, and ignoring the viral push to be frightened of leaving the house, gym a...

 Damn, previous ones were in reverse order. I'll do it the other way round now. 1st December I wonder if medical exemption from wearing ...

 19th November First time back at the gym in over a year and a half. Ouch. 8th November Looks like I'm all Jacked up. 7th November Bye b...

 29th October I briefly wondered at 4.00 this morning if an earthquake had woken me. Something was wrong. I drifted in and out of sleep but ...

  1st September Y’know this Biden character is reflected to greater and lesser degrees throughout the western world. Demagogues and idealogu...

Not bothering with reposts or pictures here. This is just me storing a few of my old Facebook posts. If you want more detail, then go and fi...

Many years ago, when I was sixteen, the landlord of our local pub came down for a weight-training session with my brothers and I in my paren...