1. Stranger Than A Talking Dog

   25/10/16

   were a lot longer in those days). Male breast cancer is still a disease we need to be aware of: did you ... She strikes up a conversation with someone she takes to be a waiting husband and is amazed- as we are- ... journey begins with a single step and I had no intention of giving up. I decided cancer would be a word ... More

2. Paul: 'I know what it's like at the bottom'

   04/08/16

   others. I know what it is like to be down at the bottom and have nothing and nobody. My philosophy is that ... if I can help one person avoid how I felt on those lowest times it will be worthwhile. I have been ... I would be spending most of my time indoors. Instead I get to go out, meet great people and share ideas ... More

3. What is #works4me?

   06/01/17

   do. You can use whatever name you like. Obviously we'll see your email but it won't be ... site those that seem to be the most useful – around three, maybe more. Then we'll post a new ... at all as we'll have to choose ones which we think will be useful to the highest number of ... More

4. Tim: Why I hate Elvis Presley

   26/04/18

   love with a pretty blonde nurse (I can’t remember her name – love is fickle when you’re seven!), being ... visited by QPR footballers, kicking up a bit of a fuss when I had my stitches out and being subjected to ... doctors chose not to operate until they had to – which turned out to be in 1993, when I caught an ... More

5. CJ: 'Realising I am trans has been the best thing in my life'

   07/12/15

   certain about being gay was what I’d heard at church, and that was that it was a sin.  What I also knew ... who asked. When I turned 12, one of my classmates asked me if the reason I kept saying I wanted to be ... it with the word 'gay'), but I’d never even considered that who I fancied might be linked ... More

6. Men without children

   10/07/16

   Do you want kids? Counsellor Robin Hadley argues that men without children can be as ... involuntarily childless man. I always expected to be a dad and there have been times in my life when becoming ... be in that position.  My desire to become a father peaked in my mid-30s, a time when I felt out of ... More

7. Leo: 'Don't you have enough going on?'

   07/12/15

   Leo Collins on being trans and having cerebral palsy. I began my transition over three years ago ... so I felt comfortable being a man with a man!  I thought being trans and having Cerebral Palsy, it ... was going to be a tall order to get a date let alone anything else? I met my partner two years into my ... More

8. Drugs at work FAQs

   02/08/17

   side-effects.  What illegal drugs do I need to know about? Cannabis (or weed) can be very relaxing. But even ... common. Amphetamines are highly addictive. Ecstasy can be too. Mixing drugs with each other and/or alcohol ... may be legal as plant food or for putting in your bath but that doesn’t mean you want to put it in ... More

9. Are you a sex or porn addict?

   23/01/23

   Addiction to sex and/or pornography can be as strong as any other drug, explains addiction expert ... some professionals. But research from the University of Cambridge now confirms that pornography can be ... More

10. Kevin: 'Get a health check'

    03/08/15

    over 40. In Haringey, the health checks are being delivered by GPs and by the Tottenham Hotspur ... Get one. Man MOT  It would be great if access to health information was as easy as a phone call. Now ... word about Man MOT.  Kevin is training to be a Haringey Health Champion and is an ambassador for ... More

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