23 July 2010
I learned something today, about MND, which has puzzled me for some time and that is, how Prof Hawkins has managed to survive for so long. Indeed, it is a question I am  asked frequently but I merely repeat what I have been told myself in the past, and that is what he has a […]
22 July 2010
Today I go for my quarterly assessment, with my MND team, at Addenbrookes hospital. As in my normal practice I have made a list of matters to discuss with Dr Chris Allen. As usual I will press him, against his better judgement, to try to give me some prognosis as to when I’m likely to […]
19 July 2010
My good friend, Rowan Planterose, drove all the way from Sussex today to give me lunch The Cricketers. Rowan, an erstwhile barrister turned solicitor, is a partner in Davies Arnold Cooper. I have known him for 25 years or so and we have done some fun things together. For example, we did the fictitious cross […]
18 July 2010
Having a lifting belt caused me to wonder the other day where the expression ‘belt up’ came from. As we know one of its meaning is ’shut up’. I turned to my Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, but that was no help. The expression has been in use much longer than the introduction of seatbelts, so […]
17 July 2010
A couple of days ago I heard from Patrick Joyce, the amazing young man with MND, who has adopted the title of The Incurable Optimist, which I must say he truly deserves. My readers may recall me shelter mentioning that this incredible young man earlier in the blog and how he is determined to paint […]
16 July 2010
The cricket season started with a vengeance on Tuesday, at Lord’s, with the first test match of the year. However, not as one would expect with England playing somebody, but Pakistan playing Australia as Pakistan is considered to be too dangerous for visiting teams In fact, I spent the first four days of this test […]
12 July 2010
Today I received a savage blow. Yet another milestone in my life is disappearing. After some correspondence with the University in Beijing we have decided that it will not be physically possible for me to go and deliver the lectures, or assist in giving the lectures, this year. Basically, the reason is that the campus […]
11 July 2010
A quiet day after yesterday’s excitement. A kind neighbour, Edward Oliver, who has generously helped me over the past two years complete my Tax Return – as I can no longer write – Â came round this morning with this year’s submission. It will be interesting to see if there is any comeback from the Inland […]
10 July 2010
A long, lingering, lazy lunch in the garden. Our guests were Julian (Critchlow) — my literary executor, and very good friend, since we were students together at Kings College London, in the late 80s, reading for our Masters degree in Arbitration Law -and his partner Lucy. As I have come to expect from this pair […]
8 July 2010
My second full day in the office since I broke my leg. Good old Duncan (Rix) had kindly been in over the weekend and reorganised all my office equipment so that I can access it from one sitting position. I access the place through the new ramp using my gutter frame and then onto the […]
D. Mark Cato
D. Mark Cato