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...
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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.
Sir Nicholas Mostyn
Nov 305 min read
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...
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Rory Cellan-Jones
Nov 233 min read
Pets
This week the Movers & Shakers are celebrating our four-legged friends, both canine and feline. But how do pets help or hinder the...
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Guest Writer
Nov 231 min read
Sports! (Live from the Belfry)
In this special live edition of Movers and Shakers half of the gang – The Judge, Rory and Paul – head to the famous Belfry golf club,...
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Gillian Lacey-Solymar
Nov 95 min read
Women & Parkinson's
Women make up about 40% of all Parkinson's cases – but the Movers and Shakers panel doesn't often reflect that! Do we pay enough...
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Gillian Lacey-Solymar
Nov 22 min read
Bas Bloem
In the world of Parkinson's, Bas Bloem is something of a rockstar. The Dutch neurological giant (in more ways than one) joins the Movers...
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Paul Mayhew-Archer
Oct 301 min read
Help!
When Paul titled his episode " Help! (me please, I beg you, because I've been a bloody pillock) " we knew he'd bring his typical humour...
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Sir Nicholas Mostyn
Oct 192 min read
Assisted Dying
Assisted dying is currently on the agenda in the UK, as a private member's bill enters Parliament. But with legislation comes a moral...
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Mark Mardell
Oct 128 min read
The NHS Health Check
Keir Starmer's new Labour government have been in power now for 100 days. After big promises to raise pay, slash the backlog and reduce...
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Sir Nicholas Mostyn
Oct 56 min read
Who's To Blame?
Were it not for the eventual verdict of the Court of Appeal, Holmes v Poeton may well have been a landmark case for Parkies. Or so claims...
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Rory Cellan-Jones
Sep 288 min read
Targeted Ultrasound
Targeted ultrasound might sound like something a Bond villain would use to incinerate a Swiss canton, but, in reality, it could be the...
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Mark Mardell
Sep 217 min read
Music
If music be the food of love (or, given we're in the pub, "the love of food"), play on. On this week's Movers and Shakers, the gang have...
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Sir Nicholas Mostyn
Sep 144 min read
Enzyme Blockers
Every hero needs a sidekick: Batman and Robin, the Lone Ranger and Tonto, Ronald McDonald and Grimace. And, in Parkinson's world, if...
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Mark Mardell
Sep 65 min read
We Will Survive!
Pour yourself a drink and pull up a chair: the Movers and Shakers are back in the pub! To open our fourth (yes, fourth – we can hardly...
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Guest Writer
Jul 192 min read
Parky Profiles: Matt Eagles
Our Parky Profile this week is a man who's been riding the Parkinson's wave far longer than any of the Movers and Shakers. Matt Eagles...
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Guest Writer
Jul 141 min read
Parky Profiles: Emma Lawton
Our guest in the latest of our Parky Profile series is Emma Lawton. Emma wears a lot of hats (and not to cover her pink hair!): graphic...
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Guest Writer
Jul 51 min read
Parky Profiles: Kevin Cahill
For the next in our series of profiles of fascinating folk with Parkinson's, Paul introduces the gang to Kevin Cahill. For decades, Kevin...
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Guest Writer
Jun 281 min read
Parky Profiles: Paul Sinha
In the pub this week, for the latest instalment of our Parky Profiles series, is none other than Paul Sinha: qualified doctor,...
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Guest Writer
Jun 251 min read
BONUS: Parky Politics (Not) in the Pub - Victoria Atkins
On this bonus election episode of the podcast (don't worry, the politics is over and our Parky Profile series will resume on Saturday!)...
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Guest Writer
Jun 241 min read
Parky Politics in the Pub - with Wes Streeting
In just a couple of weeks, Wes Streeting may find himself the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. If that wasn't a...
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