Sleepstation review: Did it work for me?
I knew I was late updating my Sleepstation review but I hadn’t realised my last post was eight weeks ago. Obviously a lot has happened since then and the world we’re currently living in is no longer the same (not at the moment, anyway. Will we get back to ‘normality’?Continue Reading
NHS Sleepstation Insomnia Cure – Napping is Not Allowed
Man, four weeks into the Sleepstation six-week insomnia cure and I am BORED with it. I am fed up with not being allowed to go to bed when I feel like it – which, let me tell you, is a LOT earlier than 1am – and having an alarm joltingContinue Reading
Sleep Restriction Therapy with Sleepstation – Week 2
At the end of last week’s post, I’d just completed my first day of Sleepstation’s sleep restriction therapy programme and I had another six days of staying up until 2am and getting up at 7:30am.Continue Reading
Sleepstation on the NHS Review – Sleep Restriction Therapy
Sleepstation is a six-week online course to help people suffering from insomnia. It’s available to buy or you can get Sleepstation on the NHS by a referral from your GP. I’ve just completed my first week of sleep diaries and my first night of sleep restriction and will be addingContinue Reading
Jo Bavington-Jones: “I met my agent on a dating site”
Jo Bavington-Jones is the author of two novels: Lucy Shaw’s Not Sure and Lucy Shaw Wants More, both published by The Conrad Press. I first met Jo when she worked at my local vet’s and, when she told me she was leaving to write her third novel, I begged herContinue Reading
Writers’ Group in Folkestone – The Write Space
There are a few writers’ groups in Folkestone, all offering different things, which is great but, because most groups are in the evening and I’m usually in my pyjamas by 5pm, I wanted one that met in daylight hours. You can never have too many writing groups though and, withContinue Reading
Ashford’s ArtiGras Arts Festival – Interview With Betsy Aidinyantz
Above Caffè Nero in Ashford’s town centre, plans are being hatched amid a flurry of activity masterminded by Betsy Aidinyantz – the organiser of Ashford’s yearly ArtiGras Arts Festival. After seeing a shout out for volunteers, I went along to the Centre of Creativity and Enterprise (CCE) to speak toContinue Reading
Essay on The Collector by John Fowles
The Collector by John Fowles has cropped up a few times in the current Facebook ‘list 10 books that have stuck in your mind’ thing, so I thought I’d post the essay I wrote on it for the Crossing Genre Boundaries module in the second year at university. *Just* missed gettingContinue Reading
Leave The House Friday – Waitrose Cafe
After last week’s LTHF trip to Costa Coffee in my local Tesco, I decided I’d do a tour of supermarket cafes. I know I should be using local independent cafes and, if we had any decent ones here, I would, believe me. As it is though, the town centre isContinue Reading
Poem: Inappropriate Behaviour
This poem was part of my portfolio for the poetry module at university. Getting a 1st for the poetry module was undoubtedly the biggest shock of the three years I was there. I celebrated by buying a bottle of absinthe, as poets drink absinthe, don’t they? This poem came aboutContinue Reading