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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.


Parky Profiles: Jagdeep Aujla
Our final profile of this summer series has a very particular set of skills... Jagdeep Aujla is a London-born karate champion and martial...
Guest Writer
Aug 92 min read


Parky Profiles: Alison Anderson
Our profile this week is of a Parky on a mission: Alison Anderson who is, as you listen to this episode, cycling across America to raise...
Guest Writer
Jul 262 min read


The Parky Petition Hits 100,000!
This Wednesday, our titanic campaign to reach 100,000 signatures on the Parky Charter petition reached its climax. After a marathon...
Guest Writer
Jul 211 min read


Parky Profiles: John Caulcutt
In a long and varied career, John Caulcutt has worn many hats: rock musician, stockbroker, marketing man, bobsled champion, fundraising...
Mark Mardell
Jul 71 min read


Parky Profiles: Linda Grant
This summer we'll be interviewing a handful of interesting people who are living with Parkinson's. First up: the novelist Linda Grant....
Guest Writer
Jun 212 min read


Parky Petition Update - the episode!
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
Jun 142 min read


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Tech Tips
A man walks into the pub wearing vibrating shoes – no, that's not the start of a joke, but exactly what happened to Rory Cellan-Jones....
Rory Cellan-Jones
Feb 152 min read


John Stapleton
In October last year, broadcasting legend John Stapleton, a former host of shows like Nationwide and Watchdog , was diagnosed with...
Guest Writer
Feb 84 min read
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