My husband and I have been watching this set of documentaries that talk about the world in a general way - how things have changed over the centuries and the decades. It’s brilliant, and has really helped my understanding of how the world’s been working when you take a step back. Last night we watched the last episode, that summarised what has been going on in the last 20 years.2008Now then, I’ve heard it mentioned occasionally, that something happened in 2008 that was not good. I remember...

A few days ago I got a letter from Headway UK and sat down to read it. It talked about a specific case of somebody else's brain injury. What really struck me as I read, were the similarities between this man and myself. He has a son of a similar age, he had a "massive brain haemorrhage", he was in a coma for 3 weeks, he had the front of his skull removed to relieve pressure, it took him a long time to speak once he awoke and he now has epilepsy. The letter talked rightly, about how much this...

I moved onto my next week’s learning on my OU course on Saturday and was ploughing through it when Paul suggested we head out for the day.I stopped and we got in the car, but I was still thinking about what I’d just been reading about… Me – I’ve just started working on consumption with my OU. They say we all buy stuff mainly with five companies. I bet you even Jack could name them. Go on Jack, where do you think we all shop eh? J – Morrisons!! Me – Yep, you’ve got the first one… P – Tesco,...