As the clock ticks around to midnight on the 6th March 2012 in Aviles, Asturias I have been overcome with creative juices. That is the thing I love about travel and new places; it seems to open up your mind and makes you appreciate the finer things in life. It has been 3 days and… Continue Reading
Daily Perspective
A romantic weekend
I find when thinking up blog topics, I swing like a pendulum. The summer is definitely more diarised as I am out and about, keen to share the where and how. Meanwhile in the winter I am watching the chest infections and staying in the warm – this leads to more ‘bigger picture’ blog topics…. Continue Reading
Why disability is a social problem and what you can do about it
Following my last blog post explaining the very new and never used before concept of ‘a day in the life of’ (ok so maybe it has been used once or twice), I tried to open up on how many inputs I require, to have the many outputs I enjoy. I also promised the next blog would outline… Continue Reading
Supporting Breast Cancer
My step brother, Mr.Jamie Farrington, rapper and drinker extraordinaire (you may remember we recorded this together https://martynsibley.com/silent-house-party-sunnier-days-disability-music-video), did an amazing thing on Saturday. A few months ago his mum, who I have known since I was a baby, needed treatment for breast cancer. Jamie declared that should Janice lose her hair he would shave his… Continue Reading
Audio response to Daily Mail
Please listen to my response to this rubbish http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2060111/Disability-Living-Allowance-A-tick-box-benefits-betrays-all.html Click here to listen to My DLA
Facilitating a workshop on digital inclusion
“Today the Big Society Network (http://thebigsociety.co.uk/) and the Network of National Volunteer-Involving Agencies (NNVIA – http://www.csv.org.uk/about-us/strategic-partnerships/nnvia) brought together inspiring social entrepreneurs , known as Nexters, to showcase innovative ways of using social media to strengthen communities, particularly excluded or isolated groups. The Nexters, who are part of the Big Society Network, are charged with developing new ways to enable… Continue Reading
You sent me to… Edinburgh!
Greetings blog readers! For those viewing this soon after I had written this post, it is Monday 17th October, and for my lovely subscribers receiving this via email it is Tuesday 18th October. However you came to read this I hope you are all well. As you will have no doubt seen or heard, its… Continue Reading
Keynote speech: New media and New disability horizons
You may have seen on Twitter and Facebook that I delivered a keynote speech last Friday? AJ and Melissa put me forward to their friend Phil McKenzie as a speaker for his amazing project http://www.influencercon.com in NYC, LDN and Berlin. The 40 minute speech outlines my story, how I dealt with being disabled, the way I… Continue Reading