Discovered this little nugget whilst surfing the interweb t'other day when trying to find out if there was any actual difference between shaking a Martini and stirring it. You'd probably think it wouldn't really matter since you're just mixing the ingredients but scarily enough a study was recently conducted by The Department of Biochemistry at the University of Western Ontario to determine if the preparation of a Martini had any influence on its antioxidant capacity. It turns out that t he study found that the shaken gin martinis were able to break down hydrogen peroxide and leave only 0.072% of the peroxide, while the stirred gin martini left 0.157%. Therefore a shaken Martini has more antioxidants than a stirred one.  Based on this information I've concluded that for James Bond to be able to notice a difference this small he must be a proper Autistic.  Thank you for listening.

Preliminary poster and flyer art for Paul Wady's upcoming Edinburgh Fringe show, Guerilla Autistics Year 9 - Eccentric!     

Heading down to good old London Town in a few weeks for a really important (and very exciting) work project so the last few days since finding out (and the next couple of weeks or so) were/will be filled to the brim with me nervously trying to plan my trip in the minutest detail.   Hopefully I don't get this lost.   Regular (?) readers of this blog may remember my posts regarding my last journey to the big smoke and have an idea of what Autistic planning actually entails. You see, as I wrote previously , your common or garden NT type of journey planning would probably go like this: Whereas I need printed pages of Google Maps, timetables for every form of transport I'm getting (2 trains and the London underground) alongside notes of when to snack on the journey and a load of emergency phone numbers in case I get lost, for example here's a - small - sample of the information I needed last time I visited in order to answer the simple question: "How do I...

  Prepare yourself for Eurovision 2023 with a re-listen to mine and Ro's Ashrology Eurovision special...See? it's not just the 'Tism around here!

  The latest issue of Autitude (illustrated & curated by me) is out now!   Don't miss out, read and download the new edition here .

  Finally get to share a commission I've been working on for the last few months - cover design and vignette portraits for the Routledge International Handbook of Children's Rights & Disability. A total change of pace but a brilliant project to be involved in. And they said some nice things about me too, which is always good!

Just in time for Autism Awareness week, my Autistic 365 collection is available here     Autistic 365 because we're not just for April.