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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.
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...
Sir Nicholas Mostyn
Oct 5, 20246 min read
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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...
Rory Cellan-Jones
Sep 28, 20248 min read
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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...
Mark Mardell
Sep 21, 20247 min read
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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...
Sir Nicholas Mostyn
Sep 14, 20244 min read
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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...
Mark Mardell
Sep 7, 20245 min read
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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...
Guest Writer
Jul 20, 20242 min read
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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...
Guest Writer
Jul 14, 20241 min read
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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...
Guest Writer
Jul 6, 20241 min read
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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,...
Guest Writer
Jun 29, 20241 min read
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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!)...
Guest Writer
Jun 26, 20241 min read
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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...
Guest Writer
Jun 24, 20241 min read
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Parky Profiles: Dame Susie Sainsbury
For the second instalment of our summer series profiling extraordinary people with Parkinson's, the gang are joined in the Notting Hill...
Guest Writer
Jun 15, 20241 min read
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Parky Profiles: Colonel Guy Deacon
This week we're kicking off our summer mini-series, profiling top Parkies who are leading extraordinary lives despite – or because of –...
Guest Writer
Jun 8, 20243 min read
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Cell Therapy
From levodopa to Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) we're all pretty familiar with the treatments for Parkinson's. But could there be...
Mark Mardell
Apr 27, 20244 min read
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What Causes Parkinson's?
What causes Parkinson's? This is one of the trickiest questions facing researchers and doctors – not to mention patients – and it's the...
Guest Writer
Apr 20, 20246 min read
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The Movers & Shakers take Downing Street!
This week we have a very special episode of Movers and Shakers: live from Downing Street! On World Parkinson's Day, the Movers and...
Mark Mardell
Apr 13, 20245 min read
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Parkinson's on the Screen
From Love and Other Drugs to Shrinking, Curb Your Enthusiasm to Emmerdale, Parkinson's only occasionally makes it to screens (big or...
Gillian Lacey-Solymar
Apr 6, 20243 min read
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Medicine in Hospital
What times do you take your Parkinson's medication? Some people are regular as clockwork – morning, lunchtime, evening – while others...
Mark Mardell
Mar 30, 20245 min read
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The Benefits System
The benefits system can feel, at times, like an unnavigable maze, especially for people with Parkinson's whose conditions are so varied...
Mark Mardell
Mar 23, 20242 min read
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Palliative Care
Palliative care: two words that strike fear into most people. But are we thinking about palliative care all wrong? On this week's episode...
Guest Writer
Mar 16, 20242 min read
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