Featured image: Promo Picture from Doctor Who S12E05 Fugitive of the Judoon. Yasmin Khan, The Thirteenth Doctor, Ryan Sinclair, and Ruth and Lee Clayton stand in an open, airy flat, leaning over a grey table, looking suspiciously at a round, red device with spikes. Glass from a broken window surrounds…
Category: Social Issues
I’m recruiting a PA in Leeds!/ Applications closed
Image Description: White background with centred purple text reading: Personal Assistant Vacancy Leeds I’m recruiting a PA in Leeds to provide support while I finish my Master’s course. Full details below. The ad is also attached as a MS Word document at the bottom of this post. Please share this…
PA Vacancy in Leeds/ Applications closed
I’m recruiting a PA in Leeds to provide maternity cover support while I finish my Master’s course. Full details below. The ad is also attached as a MS Word document at the bottom of this post. Also attached is a copy of my coronavirus policy. Please share this with anyone…
Doctor Who: Revolution of the Daleks Review
Featured Image: Revolution of the Daleks promo image, featuring the Doctor in a red prison jumpsuit and Daleks in the background, and Yaz, Ryan, Graham and Captain Jack in the foreground. This post is adapted from a thread I posted on my Twitter (@rebecca_15) on 08/01/2021. Something I’ve learnt about…
There are no safe options for disabled people this Christmas
Featured image: A row of train station barriers, one with the blue and white wheelchair symbol and a green arrow. The announcement that coronavirus restrictions will be relaxed in the UK from 24th-27th December, and the opening of the student travel window from 3rd-9th December have prompted many to start…
Doctor Who Series 12 finally makes me feel seen
Featured Image: Headshots L-R Jodie Whittaker, Jo Martin, Tosin Cole, Bradley Walsh, Mandip Gill, John Barrowman and Sacha Dhawan with a starry sky filter covering the bottom half. Series 12 Promo Image. Content Notes and Warnings Spoilers for Series 12 of Doctor Who Discussion of anxiety and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy…
“I’m her best enemy”: Viewing the development of the Doctor/Master relationship as a disabled woman
Featured Image: The 13th Doctor and Dhawan Master facing each other in the citadel. (BBC Promo Image) Watching Series 12 of Doctor Who was an incredible and intense experience for me, and it’s taken a long time to process that, and to work out exactly why I feel such a…
Emergency PAs needed for April 2020/ Applications closed
Applications for these posts are now closed In the Coronavirus madness I’m short of PA support so I’m looking for emergency cover for April 2020. Have a look and get in touch if interested. Please note the Coronavirus policy below. 2xPersonal Assistants (Women only) emergency cover support for young disabled…
‘One day, it’ll come back around’: The return of my Doctor Who
Featured Image: The Doctor, Ryan, Graham, Yaz and O in formal wear from Spyfall Part 1. SPOILER WARNING- This post contains direct spoilers for Spyfall and indirect spoilers for the rest of Series 12 so far, including Fugitive of the Judoon, so maybe don’t read on if you haven’t caught…
How Doctor Who pulled me through 2019
Featured image: Colourful banner featuring illustrations of the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 13th, 10th and 11th Doctors and the Doctor Who logo. Image by the BBC. On Friday I was feeling reflective as we all tend to do around this time of year, and I realised that for the first time…