The poetry of Gianluca Vialli

The great Sampdoria, Juventus and Chelsea striker Gianluca Vialli has died, and I am sad. He was 58 and had … More

Nine years ago today

Nine years ago today I was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a cancer of the white blood cells. Even though I have … More

I am not completely stupid. I know celebrity culture is here to stay. As my children frequently remind me, ‘It … More

Readers of this blog will know of my antipathy to the martial language often used in the culture to describe … More

Love for Now did not begin with an idea but an illness. As I have written elsewhere, there wasn’t a plan. I … More

Tomorrow the Church Times publishes a combined review of my memoir of cancer Love for Now and Riddance, my … More

I wrote here a couple of days ago about my aversion to using war metaphor to describe cancer. Judging from … More