I took notes on another 13 extra A Christmas Carols (and one extra Muppets movie)

Last week, I was lucky enough to go to a sing-along screening of The Muppet Christmas Carol, definitively the best adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol and also the best film to have ever been made. I wasn't around for The Muppet Christmas Carol's first run in cinemas so it was brilliant to see …

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Muse: Will Of The People track-by-track

Because I'm on a long train home, and because if I'm honest with myself this will be too long for a Twitter thread. 1. Will Of The People THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE, THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE, THE WILL OF THE WILL OF THE- Released as a single back in June. It's still weird …

Do The Thing That’ll Make Your Life A Bit Easier (Or: How I Stopped Worrying And Learned To Love Running Away)

Greetings from my boyfriend's flat in Dover, where last weekend we decided I should see out the heatwave. I decided to get the blog out while I was still here, partly so I had something to do while said boyfriend was busy creating elaborate memes, but mostly so I could pre-empt the more extreme weather …

No, there isn’t an official list of disabilities

The Equality Act 2010* defines a disability as "a physical or mental impairment [which] has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on... ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities." That's it. No set list of conditions that do or don't count, no strict criteria - it's basically for each person to consider for themselves. This …

Slightly self-indulgent post about doing a thing with Channel 4 once

Some of you may remember the initial publicity around what became Are You Autistic? - it made waves for all the wrong reasons. But when Ambitious about Autism's Youth Council wrote to Channel 4 and Betty with our concerns, they really listened. They came to Ambitious to meet with us. They made massive changes to …

I took notes on 15 A Christmas Carol adaptations last week, because of course I did

Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol has been adapted many times in the 178 years since its publication, and objectively the best adaptation of all is 1992's The Muppet Christmas Carol. One key factor that makes the Muppet version stand out is, of course, Rizzo the Rat's tail catching fire; yet on the whole, it's a …

Happily ever after?

It's been almost three months since I last wrote here. Seeing as my last blog was about the birth of a special interest, I'm conscious it looks a bit like all my productive time has sunk into the Royal Blood YouTube rabbit hole, and I can confirm that this is absolutely true. More seriously, I've …

Stuck In Limbo: Special interests and transitions

The past 16 months have been a constant pile-up of sudden, unexpected, overwhelming changes. Here, I’ll focus mostly on one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61UkkpsASwQ One of the big perks of my flavour of autism is the way music feels, and I just wish I knew how to explain it to other people beyond just listing parts and hoping …

Awareness is a low bar – and in the pandemic, we’re still falling short

This week, for the first time since COVID-19 hit, I've started seriously planning my return to the London flat. I'll have to start slowly at first, maybe a weekend. I'd grab some food from the local shop, maybe take pictures of trains in the park (it'll take a few more steps before I can actually …

Half An Edited Diary Entry About Being A Woman This Week

(Content warning: Discusses gendered violence, sexual assault and harassment, though doesn't go into detail on the Sarah Everard case or any other) This week has been five thousand years long. The pressure on women to relive their worst experiences publicly - when we've had this same conversation so many times and nothing changes - or …