Family jokes, though rightly cursed by strangers, are the bond that keeps most families alive.

Call no man foe, but never love a stranger.

Family jokes, through rightly cursed by strangers, are the bond that keeps most families alive

I am not a snowflake. I am not a sweet, infantilising symbol of fragility and life. I am a strong, fierce, flawed adult woman. I plan to remain that way, in life and in death.

Disability is often framed, in medical terms, as the ultimate disaster and certainly as a deficit.

I'm obsessed with not chucking away food. I'm lucky enough to have a gardener, so we grow sweetcorn, tomatoes, beetroots, cabbages, pumpkins, lettuce. I'm trying to get into blanching it and freezing so I don't have to buy veg over the winter, but then you need loads of freezers, and that's not ideal.