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

Standing up to cancer?

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

Dear Cancer It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Fifteen years, to be precise. To the day. Amazing to realise it … More

My concentration has not been all that it might have been recently. Loved ones are suffering. Some with this thing, … More

Yesterday former US President Barack Obama tweeted his support of Senator John McCain who has just been diagnosed with brain … More

Tomorrow I will be taking part at the Wenlock Poetry Festival in an event with Roz Goddard. We will be … More

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

Today is the seventh anniversary of the day I was told I was officially in remission from cancer. The popular … 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

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

A friend of mine drew my attention via Twitter this week to an article detailing Robert Peston’s thoughts on his … More

When I was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma nearly seven years ago the aspect of telling people I dreaded most was … More

If there is one difference I hope to make with Love for Now book it is to challenge the overwhelming … More

On Valentine’s Day, 2006, I was was formally diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a cancer of the lymphatic system. I was … More