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My Last Nerve

Another week in paradise. Just kidding. It’s been another rubbish week in Lockdown, UK and to say that it’s getting on my absolute, final, last nerve is an understatement. Our government seems to be running around like headless chickens, scaling one level of ineptitude after another. It would seem that having initiated a panicked lockdown, […]

We Are Sailing

First the good news – despite the frantic speculation, leaping from one improbable scenario to another, I can assure you that the lockdown is definitely coming to an end. Evidence? Exhibit A M’lud – hospitals are beginning to book appointments for the patients who have been shamefully sidelined to cope with a crisis which is […]

Be Still

So, another week gone. It’s getting less frantic at work and I think I can say with full confidence that the lockdown is pretty much over. If there is no announcement of its end, phased or otherwise, in the coming week, well, you can colour me astonished. AlaraApothecary: we bring good tidings of great joy. […]

Message In A Bottle

Another week has passed, and if you are reading this, you are alive, so trebles all round! To get the scaremongering info out of the way, the wretched media has led with the alleged 4000 ‘uncounted’ deaths in care homes which they describe as a cross between the Bates Motel and the Roach insect spray […]

Fear Is A Virus

First of all, don’t give in to fear. It causes stress which plays havoc with your immune system for starters. I’ll begin with some actual verifiable science. According to PHE (Public Health England), “The average number of influenza deaths in England for the last five seasons, 2014/15 to 2018/19, was 17,000 deaths annually. This ranged […]