Author/editor/mentor. Neurodivergent. 2nd-Gen Irish. Searing memoir in progress; a working class homage to love, loss, regret and redemption.
Whitstable, UK
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I’m proud to say this has just been published by the wonderful Irish Literary Society @IrishLitSoc. #2ndGenIrish
Me, Myself and Murphy – a memoir in progress. | Irish Literary Society irishlitsoc.org/me-myself-an…
Soon it will be Lyme Awareness Month. I’ve started early. Lyme Disease UK @UKLyme make fab t-shirts in a range of colours, but I like this mossy green. Why not check out their new range of clothes? Profits go to the charity. Alice joined me for the shoot. She is tick-free
I never thought I’d say, esp as think Cillian Murphy is a brilliant actor. But in his speech he said it was a proud moment for being Irish-born. I have always been proud of being born to Irish parents. No matter where I was born. #second-genIrish.
In other words, the children of Irish-born parents who migrated will always feel to the ‘Irish’ as liminal and therefore unaccepted. Diluted Irish. Even though they are 100% Irish in their DNA.
#CoronationStreet is the first soap to use #LymeDisease as a main storyline. Hurray! In the real world, though, it would be great if doctors got it right first time.
Joseph’s Mystery Illness Is Finally Diagnosed After He Collapses Again |... youtu.be/kTILXsoeJqw?feature… via @YouTub
As a survivor of #Lyme and a patient ambassador for LDUK, I know how important it is for public awareness. Nationally. Well done #ITV #CoronationStreet. It seems like fiction, but for thousands of people it is totally 100% real.
lymediseaseuk.com/2024/01/13…
Listen to "Andrew McGuiness On His Lyme Journey & Career" by Chronic But Iconic podcasters.spotify.com/pod/s… – at South East, England
Had the most fantastic time in #Frome Somerset last weekend. Saw #SpearofDestiny live at the #CheeseandGrain. And met one of my punk heroes. Kirk Brandon. Of Spear of Destiny/Theatre of Hate. Even our t-shirts chimed.
May is #Lymedisease awareness month. I wrote my novel #Anatomised to highlight the personal challenges of contracting the disease, and the professional pitfalls of diagnosing it. In reality, a mountain of misdiagnoses! If you are living with #Lyme, you have my total empathy.
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Writing from a child's pov, trying to capture the warmth and harshness of working class life in south Wales was something I was obsessed with in my early days #Wales
I believe in equality, democracy, freedom of belief, but will watch coronation, even though it’s the embodiment of unelected hierarchy. After all, if #NickCave is attending, it would be rude to opt out. I was a medieval historian, so the anachronism of this pageantry is painful.
