Rose Rayner shares a poignant and vivid memoir about love, loss, travel and the healing power of nature. The first time Martin and I drive together in his car he confounds me by not using [… read more ]
S&C regular contributor and author of the memoir Read Rees, Gareth Rees, was fit and healthy all his life until just before last Christmas when he was admitted to Queen Alexandra Hospital with mysterious pains [… read more ]
By Jon Crout. Vaughn stared down Kennedy from the other end of the deserted, dust blown street. “Your portrayal of Chris Adams was too far removed from the original to be credibly considered the same [… read more ]
Again I leave the ward and look out through the windscreen at the bluebells on the grass, again see Sister’s eyes. She’d thought I knew that if you went home it would be to pass [… read more ]
S&C Contributing Editor Christine Lawrence shares what happens when a loved one dies suddenly and you discover that they want a natural burial with no ‘fuss’. What followed was an interesting journey which brought her closer [… read more ]
Sindy Prankard tells a moving and very personal story of illness, motherhood and manipulation. We are on our way to see Disney on Ice because my son’s girlfriend, for whom he bought the tickets, brutally dumped him just [… read more ]
Giada Nizzoli remembers the impact and influence of pop genius David Bowie, who sadly died today. Whether you’re a long-time fan or were simply thrilled by the lightning bolt crossing his face, whether you own his entire discography or only one [… read more ]
Before she became an addiction recovery worker, Jane Muir was an alcoholic. Here she shares some of her darkest experiences… and that moment of clarity that made her sober up. When I was drinking I didn’t [… read more ]
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