I’m Not Fine

Our Claire’s struggling… One of my favourite poems is Fine by Hollie McNish (from her book Plum). In it she examines the white lie we tell our friends when we say “I’m fine” when we’re really not. I love this poem because I’ve...

I Am What I Am

Our Claire has something to say… Last Sunday was National Coming Out Day. I first came out in 1999 in the wake of Queer As Folk being broadcast on Channel 4; in a world where I could still be fired for being gay, before the legal age of consent was equalised,...

Taking Off My Coat

Our Claire reaches out again… Yesterday, Kirsteen sent me the link to a TED talk about vulnerability. In it the presenter, Brené Brown, asserts that deep, meaningful, connection can’t happen without vulnerability – the willingness to pull back the...