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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.


Petition Update!
Earlier this month, the Movers and Shakers descended on Brighton in order to drum up enthusiasm for our petition. We're looking for...
Mark Mardell
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Join the Parky Petition Challenge!
We’re launching a national competition between Parkinson’s groups to push our petition to 100,000 signatures. And the prize? Us! The...
Mark Mardell
Jun 71 min read
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Guest Writer
May 210 min read
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Movers & Shakers come to Brighton!
Come and join us on Brighton and Hove seafront...we will be gathering signatures for the Parky Charter to help us reach the 100,000...
Guest Writer
May 201 min read
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Sport Parkinson's Try-Athlon 2025
Come and join us for what promises to be one of the biggest events in the Parkinson's calendar. Rory, Mark and Nicholas are headed to The...
Guest Writer
May 191 min read
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Live from Henley!
As a special extra, to round out this fifth season of Movers and Shakers, the show is coming to you live from Henley! Away from the pub...
Guest Writer
May 102 min read
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The Parky Charter Debate in Parliament
This week saw the first substantial debate in the UK Parliament on the subject of Parkinson's – and it was initiated by an enterprising...
Guest Writer
May 31 min read
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Relationships
In this, the last episode in our current series, the Movers & Shakers have gathered at the Notting Hill pub with (most of) their spouses,...
Sir Nicholas Mostyn
Apr 267 min read
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Don't wait or hesitate - get out there and motivate!
Whether we took part in the Big Sing in London or, as I did, in Yorkshire - most of us came away buzzing, excited, exhilarated, full of...
Mark Mardell
Apr 259 min read
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Travel
Travelling with Parkinson's shouldn't be a nightmare – but often it is. From long lines at the airport to the constant battle for a seat...
Gillian Lacey-Solymar
Apr 195 min read
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BREAKING NEWS!
Breaking news – and another big ask! Scottish Labour MP Graeme Downie has secured a Backbench Business Debate entitled ‘Parkinson’s...
Mark Mardell
Apr 171 min read
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World Parkinson's Day: The Big Sing!
On this very special episode of Movers and Shakers , the gang head out of the Notting Hill pub to take, once again, to Downing Street....
Guest Writer
Apr 144 min read
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Inside the Movers & Shakers
Each time we, the Movers and Shakers, convene at the pub for a recording session, we follow it up with an anarchic planning session,...
Guest Writer
Apr 51 min read
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Music!
There's no doubting the ability of music to uplift the soul – but could it also help to manage the symptoms of Parkinson's? That's what...
Mark Mardell
Mar 299 min read
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The Gut
It's said that the most consistent symptom of Parkinson's isn't the tremor, but constipation. Could this rather inconvenient truth reveal...
Gillian Lacey-Solymar
Mar 223 min read
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Parkinson's in the Media
A recent spate of Parkinson's related headlines – from miracle pumps to worm-based solutions – have had the Movers and Shakers...
Guest Writer
Mar 153 min read
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Mitochondria
Do you know what mitochondria are? Don't worry, neither did the Movers & Shakers until they gathered two top experts with them at the...
Mark Mardell
Mar 83 min read
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UPDATE! The Big Sing!
We are excited for the BIG Sing which will take place on 11th April 2025. Thank you to those of you who have signed up! Click below to...
Guest Writer
Mar 32 min read
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Fundraising
Would you rather: bid for a rugby shirt signed by the mysterious "Mike Tiddle", run a marathon around Loch Ness, or paraglide off the top...
Guest Writer
Mar 13 min read
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Intimacy
It's getting rather hot in the Notting Hill pub this week, as we convene to discuss the (t)horny question of intimacy. Birds do it, bees...
Gillian Lacey-Solymar
Feb 228 min read
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