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InterAct Stroke Support Blog
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Apr 29, 2020
InterAct Isolation Reading - Juliet Prew - 'My Canary'
Juliet Prew reads 'My Canary' for today's isolation reading. We would love to be wherever she is, with that blue sky behind her! Since...
InterAct Stroke Support
Apr 27, 2020
InterAct Isolation Readings - Ross Foley - 'A Horse's Farewell to his Cowboy'
This afternoon Ross Foley, an actor from our Cardiff team, brings us a hilarious Pam Ayres poem 'A Horse's Farewell to his Cowboy'. Great...
InterAct Stroke Support
Apr 25, 2020
InterAct Isolation Reading - Helena Bonham Carter
Today our beloved patron, Helena Bonham Carter, reads 'Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf' by Roald Dahl. An amazing reading and a...
InterAct Stroke Support
Apr 24, 2020
Short Story Competition 2020 Winner: Congratulations Christine Harrison!
Our biennial Ruth Rendell Short Story Competition received a whopping 250 entries this year, so we would first like to thank everyone who...
InterAct Stroke Support
Apr 23, 2020
InterAct Isolation Readings - Kate Roche - 'The Hitchhiker'
Kate Roche reads a cheeky tale from Roald Dahl called 'The Hitchhiker'. I'm sure many of us would love the freedom of the open road right...
InterAct Stroke Support
Apr 21, 2020
InterAct Isolation Readings - Elizabeth Counsell - 'At A Recital'
Elizabeth reads a beautiful piece written by Paul Tortelier, called 'At a Recital'. It's hard not to love the way Elizabeth tells (and...
InterAct Stroke Support
Apr 19, 2020
InterAct Isolation Readings - Ben Gardner Gray - 'The Power of Prayer'
Today, Ben Gardner Gray reads 'The Power of Prayer', a very funny joke to brighten up your Sunday afternoon. Enjoy! Since our hospital...
InterAct Stroke Support
Apr 14, 2020
InterAct Isolation Reading - Jess Hakin - Two Spring Poems
Jess Hakin reads another two poems perfect for Springtime, 'Leisure' by W. H. Davies, and 'Everybody Sang' by Seigfried Sassoon. Best...
InterAct Stroke Support
Apr 12, 2020
InterAct Isolation Reading - Jenny Stokes - 'The Daffodils' by Wordsworth
Reading the perfect poem for a Spring day, here is Jenny Stokes with 'The Daffodils' by William Wordsworth. Stay safe and enjoy the...
InterAct Stroke Support
Apr 10, 2020
InterAct Isolation Readings - Richard Leeming - 'In Search of Spirituality' by Gervase Phinn
For todays reading, here is Richard Leeming, reading 'In Search of Spirituality' by Gervase Phinn. Since our hospital work had to be put...
InterAct Stroke Support
Apr 8, 2020
InterAct Isolation Readings - David Prince - 'Letter Home'
David Prince reads a piece written by Evelyn Waugh, called 'Letter Home'. Another hilarious tale, that Evelyn Waugh insists is "quite...
InterAct Stroke Support
Apr 6, 2020
InterAct Isolation Readings - Rula Lenska reading 'Blood and Sawdust'
Today, Rula Lenska (from Coronation Street, Doctor Who, and Rock Follies, to name a few) reads 'Blood and Sawdust' by Jack London. We...
InterAct Stroke Support
Apr 4, 2020
InterAct Isolation Reading - Kojo Kamara reading 'The Simit Seller'
For our third instalment of our readings from isolation, Kojo Kamara, an actor from our London teams, reads an extract from 'The Simit...
InterAct Stroke Support
Apr 2, 2020
InterAct Isolation Readings - Sarah Miele reading a very silly true story
For the second InterAct reading coming to you from self-isolation, Sarah Miele from our team in Glasgow tells the story 'You Must Give Me...
InterAct Stroke Support
Mar 31, 2020
InterAct Isolation Readings - Hannah Walker reading comedy poetry
Since our hospital work had to be put on hold, InterAct's actors have been working hard to record themselves reading their favourite...
InterAct Stroke Support
Jun 12, 2019
Kieran Crilly: Half Way!
Our Chief Executive, Nirjay Mahindru, joined Kieran Crilly at the Mile End Park Run earlier this month to hear how he's finding his 12...
InterAct Stroke Support
Mar 28, 2019
Kieran Crilly: Three down, nine to go!
Kieran is running twelve races in twelve months to raise money for InterAct Stroke Support. With three races down, we asked him for his...
InterAct Stroke Support
Feb 26, 2019
John Gordon: How InterAct Saved My Mind
On an afternoon two years ago I was completing my weekly column for local newspapers, which for the past twenty years had given readers...
InterAct Stroke Support
Dec 11, 2018
Broken and Healed - A stroke at 38
A different kind of blog which we'd like to share: We are delighted that Sophie Stewart is going to be join the InterAct team in...
InterAct Stroke Support
Oct 17, 2018
Priscilla's Story: Surviving a stroke aged 17
Hi, my name is Priscilla and I am 38. When I was 17 on 10th of July 1997 at 12.30 am I awoke to a massive lightning pain shooting through...
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