This evening Leftwing Idiot, Poppy and I went to Westminster to a Save Our NHS rally.
There are only thirteen days left to oppose the Health and Social Care Bill. If it’s allowed to pass it’ll lead to the destruction of our National Health Service (NHS).…
Several years ago I worked with a woman whose son was an aspiring young rapper. Time passed and the young man in question became Giggs, one of the most controversial rappers in the UK.
He’s probably best known for his 2008 track Talkin’ Da Ardest,
I’ve heard this a lot on and off since then, but never with the lyrics I ticced tonight:
“If you’re talking the hardest
Just fuck a Golf in a bin with a Lada.…
This afternoon Leftwing Idiot and I went shopping in town for stuff for my new lair. On the bus home a man in front turned and asked me if I’d been interviewed by Stephen Fry on his programme last week. I said I had, and we had a lovely conversation about the show, this website, Tourettes, and being a superhero.…
Video art duo chris+keir have re-enacted a number of Touretteshero’s tics as performances. This is the result.
There have been riots in many areas of London over the last few days. The first riots started in Tottenham after Mark Duggan was shot and killed by police last week. From there, unrest has spread to other parts of the city, including Peckham.…
I came across this video of Devin, a young man with Tourettes, performing a poem about his tics.
No need to watch a long documentary: I think he makes you understand and feel what he’s saying in just three minutes. In his words:
“I’ve got a glass shard syndrome with those lightning spit symptoms, here’s a glass ceiling anthem and a tic ridden tantrum.”…
Newsnight anchorman Jeremy Paxman followed in the footsteps of Radio Four presenter Jim Naughtie tonight. I wrote about Naughtie’s slip of the tongue a while back, when instead of saying ‘Hunt’ he said ‘cunt’. Tonight, live on BBC 2, Paxman said ‘Cunts’ instead of ‘Cuts’.…
I’ve just watched a great new video from Guy Francis, a singer with Tourettes. He did a duet with Becky, a woman who also tics, singing The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl’s ‘Fairy Tale of New York.’ It’s a funny and inspiring video – their voices are amazing and the song is peppered with tics.…
My friend Keir has made a brilliant tic-inspired video with his mate Chris. They chose a selection of my tics and made a short clip for each. The result is very funny and in parts strangely beautiful.
When I was on the train to Manchester last Saturday several people tweeted about being in a carriage with me.…
About a month ago I mentioned that I’d started Christmas shopping and was worried about letting slip what I’d got for people.
With just a month to go I’d been doing really well. But then at lunchtime Leftwing Idiot asked me what I wanted for Christmas, and before I had a chance to answer I ticced, “I’ve bought you Big Foot.”…
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