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Welcome to our blog! Each week a new episode is released we upload a new episode page, as well as a host of other exciting posts. Here you can find guest blog posts, extra information about the Charter, Gillian's "Poetry Corner" - where you can find all of Gillian's spectacular poetry, plus one or two from our special guests - and "Mark's Musings, to get Mark's personal thoughts on the matter in question.
BREAKING NEWS!
Breaking news – and another big ask! Scottish Labour MP Graeme Downie has secured a Backbench Business Debate entitled ‘Parkinson’s...
Mark Mardell
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World Parkinson's Day: The Big Sing!
On this very special episode of Movers and Shakers , the gang head out of the Notting Hill pub to take, once again, to Downing Street....
Guest Writer
4 days ago4 min read
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Inside the Movers & Shakers
Each time we, the Movers and Shakers, convene at the pub for a recording session, we follow it up with an anarchic planning session,...
Guest Writer
Apr 51 min read
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Music!
There's no doubting the ability of music to uplift the soul – but could it also help to manage the symptoms of Parkinson's? That's what...
Mark Mardell
Mar 299 min read
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The Gut
It's said that the most consistent symptom of Parkinson's isn't the tremor, but constipation. Could this rather inconvenient truth reveal...
Gillian Lacey-Solymar
Mar 223 min read
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Parkinson's in the Media
A recent spate of Parkinson's related headlines – from miracle pumps to worm-based solutions – have had the Movers and Shakers...
Guest Writer
Mar 153 min read
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Mitochondria
Do you know what mitochondria are? Don't worry, neither did the Movers & Shakers until they gathered two top experts with them at the...
Mark Mardell
Mar 83 min read
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UPDATE! The Big Sing!
We are excited for the BIG Sing which will take place on 11th April 2025. Thank you to those of you who have signed up! Click below to...
Guest Writer
Mar 32 min read
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Fundraising
Would you rather: bid for a rugby shirt signed by the mysterious "Mike Tiddle", run a marathon around Loch Ness, or paraglide off the top...
Guest Writer
Mar 13 min read
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Intimacy
It's getting rather hot in the Notting Hill pub this week, as we convene to discuss the (t)horny question of intimacy. Birds do it, bees...
Gillian Lacey-Solymar
Feb 228 min read
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Tech Tips
A man walks into the pub wearing vibrating shoes – no, that's not the start of a joke, but exactly what happened to Rory Cellan-Jones....
Rory Cellan-Jones
Feb 152 min read
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Sir Nicholas Mostyn - An update on the Assisted Dying Bill
Statement by Sir Nicholas Mostyn in response to the proposed amendment to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill to allow those...
Sir Nicholas Mostyn
Feb 103 min read
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John Stapleton
In October last year, broadcasting legend John Stapleton, a former host of shows like Nationwide and Watchdog , was diagnosed with...
Guest Writer
Feb 84 min read
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Our Parkinson's Journeys - Live!
We're back! But today's episode isn't coming to you from the Notting Hill pub – instead, it was recorded live at the Middle Temple. In...
Mark Mardell
Feb 14 min read
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Overcoming the odds: Heli Skiing with Parkinson's
Luis Diaz writes... Eight years ago, I started training with Sir Nicholas Mostyn. His initial goal was to get in shape for his next...
Guest Writer
Jan 311 min read
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The Judge's children are running the London Marathon!
Daisy and Gregory are running the London Marathon 2025 for Cure Parkinson’s! As you may know, our dad Nicholas was diagnosed with...
Guest Writer
Jan 302 min read
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Reasons to be Cheerful
We're back in the Notting Hill pub for our final episode of 2024. And after some rather gloomy subjects in recent weeks – from caring...
Guest Writer
Dec 7, 20242 min read
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Movers and Shakers LIVE!
MOVERS AND SHAKERS LIVE is the event you don't want to miss if you are a fan of the award winning podcast about living with Parkinson's....
Guest Writer
Dec 5, 20241 min read
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Pumps
Could discreet pumps, constantly providing adjustable doses of your top Parky drugs, be the future of 24-hour care? That's one of the...
Sir Nicholas Mostyn
Nov 30, 20245 min read
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Pets
This week the Movers & Shakers are celebrating our four-legged friends, both canine and feline. But how do pets help or hinder the...
Rory Cellan-Jones
Nov 23, 20243 min read
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