Angela Patmore

Who cares about the cold old?

4 February 2025 5:10 pm

When I was a child, we lived in a two-up, two-down terraced slum in Walthamstow, East London with bombsites at…

Is stress always a problem?

12 June 2024 3:30 pm

‘Cerebral climaxes’ are those moments when we experience a high, a life-changing realisation, a joyous epiphany. I have studied these brain…

The Poetry Society has betrayed poetry

3 April 2024 9:42 pm

Each year poets throughout the land wait breathlessly for the results of the National Poetry Competition and the latest winners’…

Why nail-biting sports matches are good for mental health

20 July 2019 9:00 am

Why do we need tie-breaks and photo finishes? If competitors have been nip-and-tuck all the way, why can’t they just…