Alive & Twitching

In 2005, the RNID (a charitable organisation working on behalf of the UK’s deaf and hard of hearing) concluded that 9 million UK residents suffer from some type of hearing impairment with most suffering from mild to moderate hearing loss. Out of the 9 million, 6.5 million are over the age of 60. This makes hearing loss far more common in the UK than many people perhaps suspect and it deserves more attention. read more »

It is a typical day in a small Irish town. The rain is beating down and the streets are deserted. Times are tough, everybody is in debt and everybody lives on credit. read more »

I was saddened to learn of the death, on 28th November, of the veteran actor Leslie Nielsen. read more »