About ten minutes ago, I typed the final few words of my book for SANDS onto Microsoft Word (which just so happened to be Stevie Wonder lyrics) and sat back in my chair. I had a strange feeling in my throat, like my breath had caught just beneath my voicebox ...

Evenin’ all. (said in a gruff policeman voice, and finished off with a slight tug on my trouser waistband to hoik them up slightly) Just a quick blog post to keep you up to date with my book for SANDS (regular readers will be familiar with what I’m working on ...

Last Thursday I took a train down to London to meet Carolyn and Neal from Sands – the charity I’m writing for. But before I jabber on about that, let’s go back to the beginning. The train was packed. I mean, Japanese-style packed. I eventually managed to find a seat ...

Good morn to you my lovelies. This is just a super-quick post to keep you up to date with progress on my book for Sands, following the recent poll. On 6 April I’ll be heading down to the fair city of London (Laaandon) and meeting a couple of people from ...

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Jailing a Woman for a Miscarriage? Should the government create a law that will tell you how to act during pregnancy? Should the woman be criminally charged for causing her own miscarriage? Utah thinks so. (NYTimes) 85 Million African Children To Be Immunized Against Polio Polio might be a disease of ...

Before my wife had two miscarriages on our first two pregnancies, whenever I heard the word “miscarriage” I thought about an old baby carriage, and a young couple living in the 1920’s who lose a child, and how it must be pretty terrible for them to ...

If you haven’t been around here in the past few days, or if you missed my not so subtle hint the other day, I am pleased to report that I am going to be a dad for the second time. We are very excited to finally be able to share ...