Why everyone should be concerned, particularly home educating families — Out of the fear, disruption, effort and grief of the pandemic, some hope glimmered. The forced shake-up of the delivery of institutional education offered so much potential for a desperately needed, nationwide education reform. Expected to facilitate school learning at home, the inadequacies of the education system and the nonsense…

Is there a difference? In the UK, I’d say yes. In the USA, I’m not so sure. Over here, in Britain, it has taken me a while to see the distinction. …

Quick and painless jabs after a B12 deficiency diagnosis 2 years ago I was diagnosed with B12 deficiency two years ago, at the start of COVID-19 lockdown in the UK. …

Our fun-filled (and sicky) trip to London! It’d been a while since we’d traveled anywhere. In a lull of the pandemic, we had discussed the risks of visiting London and, as a family, made plans to limit our chances of catching anything—we would be sure to mask-up, avoid crowds, avoid…

Better patient care for chronically ill and often forgotten patients (if steps are taken to implement recommendations) The UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has provided a statement outlining the steps needed to put the new (October 2021) myalgic encephalomyelitis (or encephalopathy)/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) management guidelines…

How I got my energy, and my life, back from ME/CFS I was diagnosed with Myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) in 2011, just after I submitted my PhD thesis. I had been house-bound for months, couldn’t stand for more than a minute or hold my arms above my…

If so, we need to support for the millions of people suffering. For more than 2 years, the world has become sick with a respiratory virus, SARS-CoV-2. The focus was on the immediate threat of the pandemic, locking-down countries to prevent spread and then working to save people’s lives in…

Tips from an academic writing coach — Perhaps the hand-in date for your disseration still seems a long way off. Maybe it is, or maybe it’s only a few weeks away and you have no idea how you’ll get it done in time. As an academic writing coach I’ve worked with clients very on-top of their workload…