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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.


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


Our Parkinson's Journeys - Live!
We're back! But today's episode isn't coming to you from the Notting Hill pub – instead, it was recorded live at the Middle Temple. In...
Mark Mardell
Feb 14 min read


Reasons to be Cheerful
We're back in the Notting Hill pub for our final episode of 2024. And after some rather gloomy subjects in recent weeks – from caring...
Guest Writer
Dec 7, 20242 min read


Pumps
Could discreet pumps, constantly providing adjustable doses of your top Parky drugs, be the future of 24-hour care? That's one of the...
Sir Nicholas Mostyn
Nov 30, 20245 min read


Pets
This week the Movers & Shakers are celebrating our four-legged friends, both canine and feline. But how do pets help or hinder the...
Rory Cellan-Jones
Nov 23, 20243 min read


Sports! (Live from the Belfry)
In this special live edition of Movers and Shakers half of the gang – The Judge, Rory and Paul – head to the famous Belfry golf club,...
Guest Writer
Nov 23, 20241 min read


Women & Parkinson's
Women make up about 40% of all Parkinson's cases – but the Movers and Shakers panel doesn't often reflect that! Do we pay enough...
Gillian Lacey-Solymar
Nov 9, 20245 min read


Bas Bloem
In the world of Parkinson's, Bas Bloem is something of a rockstar. The Dutch neurological giant (in more ways than one) joins the Movers...
Gillian Lacey-Solymar
Nov 2, 20242 min read


Help!
When Paul titled his episode " Help! (me please, I beg you, because I've been a bloody pillock) " we knew he'd bring his typical humour...
Paul Mayhew-Archer
Oct 30, 20242 min read


Assisted Dying
Assisted dying is currently on the agenda in the UK, as a private member's bill enters Parliament. But with legislation comes a moral...
Sir Nicholas Mostyn
Oct 19, 20242 min read


The NHS Health Check
Keir Starmer's new Labour government have been in power now for 100 days. After big promises to raise pay, slash the backlog and reduce...
Mark Mardell
Oct 12, 20248 min read


Who's To Blame?
Were it not for the eventual verdict of the Court of Appeal, Holmes v Poeton may well have been a landmark case for Parkies. Or so claims...
Sir Nicholas Mostyn
Oct 5, 20246 min read


Targeted Ultrasound
Targeted ultrasound might sound like something a Bond villain would use to incinerate a Swiss canton, but, in reality, it could be the...
Rory Cellan-Jones
Sep 28, 20248 min read


Music
If music be the food of love (or, given we're in the pub, "the love of food"), play on. On this week's Movers and Shakers, the gang have...
Mark Mardell
Sep 21, 20247 min read
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