MS featured in story lines on both the large and small screen

Multiple sclerosis was introduced as a story line in top UK soap Coronation Street four months ago. That was when Johnny Connor (played by Richard Hawley) received a diagnosis of the disease. And that got me thinking about other portrayals of people with MS on film and television. But let’s start with Cornonation Street. It’s …

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MS takes centre stage on television soap

First, I have a confession to make, I don’t watch soap operas on television but the fact is they do attract huge and often passionate audiences. They develop different story lines from time to time, and the newest such story in one leading TV soap in the UK is one of its main characters being …

Building up to Christmas – part two

On towards Christmas we go, with part two of our somewhat different, if not unusual, preparations for this year’s celebrations. The guy who runs his own TV satellite business arrived late on Friday afternoon to install what we need to get good television reception here. We already get a feed from a satellite dish but …

Building up to Christmas – part one

It’s a bit of a strange way to build ourselves up for the Christmas season this year. You see, after Lisa and I decided to move to Spain, and had been here and found the home of our dreams, then came the difficult part. We bought a furnished property but without any kitchen items such …

Getting there! Home is coming together

It’s all happening here as the dream home that Lisa and I set our hearts on is gradually coming together with new appliances and other goodies arriving by the day. There are still some on the way and, when they have all arrived and been installed, we will be in position to take some pictures …

Older eyes to learn new way to see

  Good tip: Hold mobile sideways to record video There’s a potentially exciting opportunity for older people in the county of Conwy, in North Wales, to get more involved in community television. And they can do this learning to look at the world through the lenses of their mobile devices, taking their own videos and uploading …