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AN INTERESTING-ISH, ETHICAL McEWAN, BUT NOT A HIGHLY ENJOYABLE ONE! ‘The Children Act’ by Ian McEwan: a review.
Having enjoyed Solar by renowned author Ian McEwan and then really enjoyed his spy thriller novel Sweet Tooth, I thought it was nailed on that The Children Act would be another high quality piece of work by him. However, for … Continue reading
Posted in BOOK REVIEWS, BOOKS, DRAMA, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, LITERATURE, POPULAR CULTURE, THE ARTS, Uncategorized
Tagged @SCARFMANANDY, Adam Henry, Adam Hent, adult fiction, BOOK, BOOK REVIEW, entertainment, family law in books, fiction, fiona maye, Ian McEwan, Jehovah's witness, legal prose, legal syntax prose, literature, literature review, novel review, novels, popular culture, prose, REVIEW, SCARFMAN, Solar, Sweet Tooth, syntax, THE ARTS, The Children Act, The Children Act a review, too legal
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I THINK THEREFORE I AM….NOT A NUTTER : MENTAL HEALTH MEDICATION AND ME!
A blog about me being able to take medication for my mental health illness, for the FIRST TIME EVER! I can still remember the first time I tried taking a medication called clomipramine for my Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. I … Continue reading
Posted in ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, EMOTION, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, Uncategorized
Tagged 2ND OPINION, ANAL BEHAVIOUR, anxiety, ARIPIPRAZOLE, BAD NHS EXPERIENCES, CBT, COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY, CONTAMINATION, CRUEL OCD, DEPRESSION, DIARY, DOVTORS, DROWSINESS, DROWSY, EMOTION, ENSLAVED, FLUOXETINE, medication, MENS HEALTH, mental health, MENTAL HEALTH COLLEGE, MENTAL HEALTH DIARY, MENTAL HEALTH MEDICATION, MENTAL HEALTH MEDICATION SIDE EFFECTS, NHS CBT, NOT BEING BELIEVED, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, OCD MEDS, pain, PELVIC FLOOR SORENESS, PRISONER IN OWN HOME, PROSTATITIS, PSYCHIATRY, PSYCHOLOGY, SORE RIBS, stigma, TALKING THERAPY
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DEATH IN PARADISE : IT’S VERY FORMULAIC, BUT OH MY WHAT A GREAT CURE IT IS FOR THOSE JANUARY WINTER BLUES! A review.
Do you like me suffer from those awful British January winter blues? You will know what I’m talking about if you do. It is the dull, damp freezing weather coupled with it going dark in the evenings before 5pm, so … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, BBC COMEDY, BBC DRAMA, BBC ORIGINAL DRAMA, BBC1, COMEDY, DRAMA, ENTERTAINMENT, POPULAR CULTURE, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized
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NOT AS MUCH FUN WITHOUT BALLS! – STRICTLY COME DANCING FINAL 2016 – A review.
The problem with Strictly Come Dancing this year was that as soon as the utterly hilarious Ed Balls got voted off in week 10, it turned into a big snoozefest. He was the only reason why I watched it for … Continue reading
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Tagged @SCARFMANANDY, BAD JOKES ON STRICTLY, BALLROOM DANCING, BRITISH CHRISTMAS TV, BRUNO TONIOLI, CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN NOT FUNNY, DANCING, DANNY MAC, ED BALLS, entertainment, JOANNE CLIFTON, KEVIN CLIFTON, LEN GOODMAN, LOUISE REDKNAPP, ORE ODUBA, OTI, popular culture, PRIME TIME SATURDAY TELEVISION, REALITY TV, SCARFMAN, STRICTLY, STRICTLY COME DANCING 2016 FINAL REVIEW, TEARS, TELEVISION, TESS DALY, THE ARTS, TOO EMOTIONAL, TV, tv review, UK TV
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FOREVER YOUNG : The Story of Adrian Doherty, Football’s Lost Genius! A review.
This book was interesting, moving, but at the same time it has to be said that it also had shades of blandness in places. The latter aspect could have been easily remedied by it being about one hundred pages shorter. … Continue reading
Posted in BOOKS, COMEDY, ENTERTAINMENT, READING, SPORT, THE ARTS, TRIBUTE, Uncategorized
Tagged ACCIDENT IN HOLLAND, APPRENTICESHIP FOOTBALL, BOB DYLAN, BOOK, BOOK REVIEW, books, COMEDY, entertainment, football, FOOTBALL BOOK, FOREVER YOUNG : THE STORY OF FOOTBALL'S LOST GENIUS, FOREVER YOUNG BY OLIVER KAY, Grief, HOLLAND, INJURY IN FOOTBALL, MALCOM MCLAREN, MAN UNITED, MAN UNITED BOOK, MANCHESTER, Manchester United, MANCHESTER UNITED BOOK, MEDICINE IN FOOTBALL, NORTHERN IRELAND, NORTHERN IRELAND SPORT, NORTHERN IRELAND TROUBLES, OLIVER KAY, reading, SCHOOL FOOTBALL, SPORT, SPORTS BOOK, STRABANE, THE ARTS, THE DOC, TRAGEDY WITHIN FOOTBALL, tribute, YOUTH FOOTBALL
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LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX, CHRISTMAS SPECIAL : HAVE THEY DANCED THEIR FINAL TANGO….MAYBE? – A REVIEW.
Sally Wainwright’s award winning BBC One drama Last Tango in Halifax, returned to our screens for a two-part Christmas special and overall it was a successful return without ever being a sensational one. The problem with it only being two … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, BBC COMEDY, BBC DRAMA, BBC ORIGINAL DRAMA, BBC1, DRAMA, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, HAPPY VALLEY, MENTAL HEALTH, POPULAR CULTURE, SALLY WAINWRIGHT, SARAH LANCASHIRE, screenplay, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized
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