Blue Notes

A collection of columns & articles I’ve written on the themes of bi-polar, depression, suicide, grief, missing people, or simply feeling low.

For anyone who needs to feel less alone in such things. Hullo. x

The Lancet: 36 minutes and 40 seconds A piece I was commissioned to write on suicide & grief.

A Crossing Bell: A piece on loss & the river Thames, inspired by art installations at Estuary Festival

Standard Issue Magazine: A Letter to Dawn French On losing fathers to suicide.

Standard Issue Magazine: “Mostly I fear the fuck out of it” On fearing you have bi-polar. For National Bi-Polar Awareness Day.

Suicide is Everywhere A column about the death of Robin Williams – and how suicide really is everywhere. For the Essex Echo & Colchester Gazette.

Bi-Polar Lives: My Dad & Stephen Fry On bi-polar, meeting Stephen Fry, my Dad, & keeping people alive in whatever way we can. For the Essex Echo & Colchester Gazette.

Wave, Everyone On feeling low at Christmas. For the Essex Echo & Colchester Gazette.

Decade: Hello & Goodbye On sad anniversaries. For the Essex Echo & Colchester Gazette.