cancer fundraising
There will be many people out there, who I am connected with, who will know little about my mum. So having recently introduced myself to my new contacts, I thought perhaps it was time to talk about her. Ultimately, if Mum hadn’t got bowel cancer and sadly died from it, my path would no doubt
A lovely surprise in the post at work today with the arrival of the sunburst vinyl edition of Carol Hodge’s brilliant album The Crippling Space Between. It looks and sounds just gorgeous. My favourite album of 2021. I also ordered a hand-written lyric sheet, and Carol has very kindly done my favourite track on the
Today has been pretty special and monumental. A couple of days ago I was talking about how awful bowel cancer is and how Monique Buckingham, aged just 26, has been told there are no more treatment options available for her on the NHS. Monique’s family have launched a Go Fund Me page to raise money
Get in the Christmas spirit with these three very special revamped Christmas charity reindeer this year.
A year ago on November 5th 2018 I met Kim Wilde at the picturesque Tewin Bury Farm Hotel just outside Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire for my new bowel cancer fundraising book The Record, which is out now.
Towards the end of last year I had a video chat with Nicole Cooper for The Record.
Chapter 12 in The Record really served as a stark reminder to me just how awful bowel cancer is. If there was ever a good reason for buying the book then this chapter is it. Deborah James died on July 27th 2017 aged just 37 leaving behind her young daughter Grace.
It was back in September 2017 that I spent a really nice evening in the company of Deborah James in Richmond for Chapter 16 in The Record. It was a fascinating, and enlightening experience listening to her story, and talking at length about bowel cancer.
In the summer of 2018 I went to SKY Television to meet Jacquie Beltrao for my bowel cancer fundraising book, The Record. At the time she was in remission from breast cancer and heading for five years being cancer clear. Jacquie’s cancer returned in 2020 as stage 4 breast cancer and anyone who follows her
One of the last people I spoke to for The Record was Jules Peters. This chapter was a long time in the making, and when a meeting with Jules before The Alarm’s December 2018 gig in Reading had to be cancelled, I did wonder if my opportunity might have gone. However, we had a brief chat in Llandudno at The Gathering in early 2019, and Jules was still keen to support the book, so plans were put in place to make it happen.
