cancer fundraising
I’ve received a lovely letter from Susan George for inclusion in the new book. My connection with her goes back to Mum’s illness when Susan very kindly invited her down to see her Arabian horses in Exmoor. Unfortunately Mum, with a life-long passion for horses, never got to make the trip as her health declined.
I was watching Silent Witness on TV this week, and part of the programme featured a scene where a woman died of sepsis. Then yesterday I was talking to Liv Rowlands for my book, and she told me she’d had sepsis while being treated for bowel cancer. This struck a powerful chord with me, as dad
Gillian Wood, currently recovering from bowel cancer, is the latest person I’ve met for the The Record – my forthcoming fundraising book for Bowel Cancer UK. Although “met” is not strictly true. The original plan had been for me to go up to Scotland to meet her, but unfortunately the trip had to be postponed, so
It’s now heading towards two and a half years since I began work on The Record. Going back to the start of the year and I wanted to have the book finished by the end of 2018. I haven’t managed to achieve this, but I am certainly on the homeward straight with it now, and plan
I met television presenter Matt Allwright today for The Record, my forthcoming charity book supporting Bowel Cancer UK, which will be published during 2019. It was really nice talking to him about his career on television, and his passion for music. The first record that he bought is a cracker. We actually went to the same
In an ideal world I would have met Nicole Cooper in Melbourne, Australia, where she currently lives and works. Sadly that wasn’t possible as I am stuck in a rather wet and miserable UK, but the wonders of modern technology enabled us to have a video chat this morning. I am delighted to reveal that
Here is a first peek at what is going to provide the basis for my new bowel cancer fundraising book cover design. Last week I met Greg Gilbert and Stacey Heale as part of the book in Southampton. I picked up this fantastic piece of art from Greg, which I am going to use as
Today marks the second anniversary of the first photograph that I took for the new bowel cancer fundraising book when I met John Coghlan, the original drummer from Status Quo. We met near his home in the beautiful Oxfordshire countryside, and he was an absolute gent. His first record is fascinating… A few months later
Last week Barry #bowelbear began his journey, and his first stop is with Kelly Smith. Today they both went to The Christie Hospital in Manchester where Kelly is having chemotherapy. Kelly has stage 4 bowel cancer, and she is another of those amazing and inspirational people I have come across and struck up friendships with
I have been fortunate enough to have attended some fantastic gigs this year, and the Shed Seven concert in Northampton was as good as it gets. I went to meet Rick Witter, the band’s lead singer, for my forthcoming bowel cancer charity book before the sold out gig at The Roadmender. I’d made contact with
