Monthly Archives: September 2009

Common Sense: How common is it?

I have come to the conclusion that common sense isn’t all that common – in fact it may be rapidly heading towards extinction. You may already know that I work part time in an Emergency Department in a local hospital. A mum came in last week with her eight year old lad who had been…

Katie the Paramedic Book Signing

I had a wonderful time at the book signing in Waterstone’s. My daughter Katie helped me to sign copies of the books and she seemed to thoroughly enjoy every minute of it. It was just fantastic to see so many people come along to buy the book – even a couple of my lovely young…

Did I mention… Book signing and reading TOMORROW!

As I write this, I am wondering if I shall sleep at all tonight. I am thinking about the book signing tomorrow at Waterstone’s and I’m getting more than a little anxious; what if no one turns up? I’ll be sat there on my own … Well hopefully I can rely on my daughter Katie,…

Notting Hill Carnival 2009

For a few years now I have brushed off the suggestions from colleagues to work at the Notting Hill Carnival and have until this year kept well away. There have been a few reasons for this, but the main one was that, rightly or wrongly, I worried about the risk of civil disturbance in the…