Paul Grenyer

When Neelam Sultan  asked me to support RedRebelDay  I was keen to do what I could. It’s what you do when someone asks. It’s what I like to do when someone asks. Then I attended the ‘ambassadors’ briefing, where a heavy emphasis was put on telling people what Period Poverty means to you. As a man this was quite daunting, especially as until recently the subject was still quite taboo for me. Especially as at least one of my former employees took great delight, and still does, in telling me when she had her period just to see the uncomfortable look on my face. What got me over it? Attending a Zoom call with 100+ women and a handful of men who were all talking very openly about periods and the problems 1 in 10 women face in affording sanitary protection. Beyond the facts, that still didn’t help me understand what Period Poverty really means, let alone what it means to me. Then someone on the call described not being able to go to work or go to school or about your everyday life for a few

  I'm delighted to be featured in a new podcast, talking about Snoop , Norfolk Developers and of course, Find My Tea : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMo0GGIjFco

  Permafrost by Alastair Reynolds ASIN : B07HF26D1H Alistair Reynolds continues his run of form with this fantastic novella, Permafrost. One of the things I love most about Reynold’s Revelation Space series is how the stories flip between different times. For me this is one of the biggest and best parts of weaving a space opera, and it’s in abundance in Permafrost. I’m still in two minds about whether I enjoy first person writing though, I’m definitely more of a fan of third person. However, first person worked well here. Novellas, by their very nature are short, which means the character building is fast and the stories are fast paced too. I really enjoyed that aspect of Permafrost. Given that the story is based on the effects of climate change, as well as time travel, I was concerned it would be over the top, but it actually describes brilliantly and concisely the effects of climate change and how they form the bedrock for the story. Then Reynolds moves on and concentrates on the sto