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Articles by John Connor
The week started with a bang, albeit with a hint of underlying anxiety. Friends and former work colleagues gathered during…
The dull throbbing always hits a crescendo “in the wee small hours,” as Mr. Sinatra — or rather his…
My week is never exactly easy, but it’s much harder for my family. Not only do they have to deal…
It wasn’t an argument; it was a reality check. I was happy, nay, self-indulgent. Within a day, the ol’ stand-up…
There I was, swinging away in my hoist at 9 p.m., though my swinging London of the 2020s wasn’t…
Am I about to share my first conspiracy theory, even if it’s just about me? Why not? It’s all the…
Roll up, roll up, for all the fun of the fare! I swallow an awful lot of supplements. Have I…
Once upon a time, long, long ago, when I was very young, we British children would be asked, “What’s through…
As usual, I’ve gone for what I hope to be an intriguing headline, because you’ve got to grab a reader…
In truth, my long, bad Friday started on Thursday afternoon at 5 p.m., although it seems wrong in the middle…
Move along, move along. Nothing to read here. What a great start to a column! Last week, my worries about…
The vagaries of multiple sclerosis are always present, but this week, my waking hours have been consumed by something far…
I’m pretty sure that wherever you are, you’re responding the same as we all are to the ravages of the…
This is the fifth year I’m writing a Christmastime missive about how my MS journey as…
I’ve been meaning to do this for a while. My wife, Jane, who’s also my primary MS carer, went…
Well, there’s a new carer at home, actually, but town sounds so much cooler. Like an old-time Western sheriff!…
So, where was I last week? I was in the midst of writing this column when I was felled overnight…
I have to admit, I’ve wheeled down the THC path a few times before. Yes, I know it’s very…
Well, that was fun. I’ve got my party hat on from a recent birthday (of course I have one,…
It was my birthday last Friday. No cards, please; it’s far too late. Anyway, considering the world’s supply chain…
My wife, Jane, woke me up at 9 a.m., announcing, “Welcome to Groundhog Day!” Every day starts the same. Yes,…
“Rage, rage against the dying of the light,” Dylan Thomas wrote in his famous poem about us humans fighting,…
I was tryin’ to find lots of things to do while being trapped at my desk because of a wheelchair…
I know that here in England, COVID-19 restrictions have been lifted for about two months. But trepidation has now…
So, yes, I’ve been away for four weeks. Anybody miss me? Well not away as such. There are places with…
I have always liked the odd horror movie, the odder the better. I was a bit of a fan of…
It’s all happening at once. Yesterday, a box turned up with my new lymphedema wraps, which use compression to…
I’ve written about trigeminal neuralgia (TN), which entails severe facial pain, many times. Let me count the ways.
Any British comedy aficionados among you will know “He’s fallen in the water” is the most famous of all…