I like to think I'm a loving, kind and compassionate pussycat but mostly I'm a porcupine, keeping myself well protected inside spiky and defensive packaging. The day I arrived at Florence House in Seaford to do the Hoffman Process the hackles were up. Exhausted and fed-up, I'd been up till 2am because I would be away from home, the office, my daughter, phone and email for nine days. All because of a silly promise to write about the Hoffman Process in Wave Magazine. What I kne

​​​ It's the 11th day of the 11th month Armistice Day, Poppy Day, Angel Day. From our most British commemoration to a new age 11:11 subculture the 11th of November is significant. And it’s my wedding anniversary. But I don’t want to talk about weddings but war. I am a pacifist. It’s one of the few positions I am profoundly attached too, which is odd as I can be quite argumentative and chaotic. I’d love to be peaceful inside, which a therapist might say is why I look for it ou