Author - markhatwood

I’ve found a new pastime I’m trying to perfect: looking. There is something truly serene about the art once you lock into it. It’s like a meditation...

Illness is never welcome, but it often has surprising positive effects that I hadn’t considered before. During a recent bout of man-flu (the worst...

I was reflecting the other day on the combination of age and social relevance and how it can be challenging. My involvement in this has been a...

I’ve had quite a few discussions about art and AI. I’ve even written about it in one of my recent novels. The question most people have an issue with...

I was recently reading about the songwriter and performer ‘Scatman’ who had a hit of the same name in ‘94. He grew up with a terrible stutter which...

I recently heard about an experiment where half of a focus group were made up with a facial scar. And before they were sent out to have conversations...

I was watching a short video the other day which I thought was exceptional. It featured a trainer giving a pep talk to some school kids. Rather than...

I’m disappointed in myself. There, I said it. Despite knowing the folly of external influence, there are times that I let myself down badly. And this...

I recently reflected on a ‘shameful’ memory that bothered me for many years.  My mother and father had split up, and my mother had moved to a new...

Last month, I had to have an MRI. My wife suggested I take a Diazepam to calm me, but my gung-ho spirit brushed it off. Me? As I was gently slid into...