#ANDY SCARFMAN LLOYD

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Contamination OCD in lockdown

Contamination OCD in lockdown

Suffering with Obsessive-compulsive disorder whilst in Covid-19 lockdown was always going to be a big challenge for me, but two things have saved me.

Me last Summer pre-lockdown. (Image: Andy Lloyd)

For those of you who do not know my mental health story, I have blogged about it extensively in the past.  It is a story of triumph over adversity and has even been featured in the press.

Things were…

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THIS DIABETIC DETECTIVE HAS FINALLY CRACKED THE CASE......I THINK!

THIS DIABETIC DETECTIVE HAS FINALLY CRACKED THE CASE……I THINK!

The trails and tribulations of being a type one diabetic and dieting!

A number of months ago I wrote a blog about how suffering from type one diabetes, had made me sort of become a diabetic detective through the years.  Infuriatingly, my blood sugars of late have been all over the place and I just wasn’t able to work out why this was the case.  I am now pleased to declare to you my friends that…

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DEATH AND NIGHTINGALES- Episode one review.

DEATH AND NIGHTINGALES- Episode one review.

You didn’t have to be Einstein to work out that the new period drama on BBC TWO entitled Death and Nightingales, was not going to be a right bundle of laughs.

Set in Fermanagh in the north of Ireland in 1885, this is a story by Allan Cubitt, adapted from Eugene McCabe’s 1992 novel.  It is told over the course of twenty-four hours and has a stellar lead cast that includes Jamie Dornan, Anne Skelly…

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BRITAIN BY BOAT : Series 1, Episode 1. A review.

BRITAIN BY BOAT : Series 1, Episode 1. A review.

If you are a fan of watching paint dry then you will have loved the first episode of the new Channel 5 travelogue series, Britain by Boat. It has to be said that both of these things are not necessarily that unpleasant, they are just tediously dull and boring.

This new travel show reunited together old BBC News pals Michael Buerk and John Sergeant.  Both are amateur sailors we were told and so…

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The Big Audition- episode one review.

The Big Audition- episode one review.

Think Pineapple Dance Studios(that Louis Spence docusoap from 2010) meets The X Factor, and that pretty much sums up ITV1’s new reality TV show called The Big Audition.

By this I mean that it was funny in parts, engaging in parts, but it also went for the jugular at times in trying to make us cry.  Do not get me wrong here it was genuinely moving in places.  For example, we met an old lady who’d…

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FOR FACTS SAKE- Episode one review.

FOR FACTS SAKE- Episode one review.

Despite it being a very overcrowded genre, when done well TV panel shows are still a joy to watch.  I’m thinking here of Would I Lie to You?, the best panel show on the telly right now.  The format remains fresh because the stories and panellists remain as funny as ever.  Watch the ones with Bob Mortimer in them because they are always comedy gold.

However, when done badly a panel show can become…