There is, I believe, only one struggle for human rights. It’s been fought over many years, under many names, and by many diverse groups but it’s the same fight and it won’t be won until it’s won for all of us. Because as long as the rights of any group…
A Consumer Assessment of a Mental Health Service
Many years ago, I was asked to speak at a planning day for a service at which I had just started. I was asked to give a ‘consumer assessment’ of the service. I guess they wanted a reasoned point-form description from a consumer perspective which could be folded into the…
The IPS BLUES
These are the lyrics of a performance piece a comrade and I developed for our IPS final piece of work. It’s a lot better sung to Dom’s guitar blues playing, but here are the lyrics and one arrangement of it. It is a little recap of the 4 (at the…
‘The Devil’s Still on Hold’
I’ve always liked a particular old American Western song. It pitted ultimate evil against some tough old birds, and the right side won. Click here for the original song“Tying A Knot In The Devil’s Tail” So, I penned a local adaptation because I need to believe the right side can…
Our Muses
Verse, Music, and other Arts
The Consumer Version of LLEW’s origins
Below is a poster, originally written for our Pride Day. It forms part of LLEW’s oral history as related to me by more than one source. I cannot vouch for its historical accuracy, but it is certainly True in the deepest sense. It describes and references the ‘history-book facts’ of…
