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Did you happen to see the Jonathan Ross show last night and the interview with David Walliams?  I was pleasantly surprised to hear David speak about the bouts of  depression he has suffered throughout his life. Why surprised? Because like many others viewers I thought he ‘has it all’ – witty, intelligent, no financial worries, […]

Have you ever been bullied or even been a bully? I think it can be one of the worst forms of ‘torture’. In retrospect I now realise that at one stage in my life I allowed myself to be bullied. My usual sunny disposition was squashed and instead I became a BMW – a bitter, […]

‘An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.’  Bill Vaughn Did you stay up? Which camp were you in? I confess I was in both! 2011 for me was undoubtedly the toughest I have faced (so far – as Clive […]

Just to remind you all that there are still a few tickets left for Elaine Hanzak-Gott’s inspirational talk for the Huddersfield Pendragon Ladies Circle.  Elaine is a trustee for the Joanne (Joe) Bingley Memorial Foundation and has been invited by the Ladies to speak for them on the 22nd September at the Cricket Club, Bankfield […]

Did you think I’d disappeared? I haven’t gone away – just been busy, which is good. On Monday I joined my fellow trustees of The Joanne (Joe) Bingley Memorial Foundation   for an Outlook training session done by Mandy Williams of Altum V. She did a brilliant job of teaching us even though we behaved like naughty children […]