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Dec 9, 2023 · The former children’s laureate who has enjoyed a red letter year on striving for happiness, the secret to writing for kids, and which book he wants for Christmas. Sat 9 Dec 2023 13.00 EST. M...
May 27, 2021 · Interview. Michael Rosen on his Covid ordeal: ‘You are a different person after something like that’. The beloved children’s author is speaking at Hay Festival about his near-death experience...
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Get tested, says my friend John. The GP has closed. A recorded message at the surgery says to not come in and not go to A and E. If you think you might have Covid-19, call 111, it says. I call 111. I get through to the Ambulance Service and talk to a man who asks me some questions. No, I’m not coughing, I say. No, I don’t feel worse today than I fe...
05/04/20 10:31 It’s a beautiful sunny morning. Today is Sunday, day 9 – you have got yourself through 8 days and nights Mick – I know how uncomfortable and scary that has been – but you have done it – brilliant – keep calm and keep taking it v slowly. There is NO RUSH – we r not going anywhere! Xxx Love e x Just spoke to nurse v quickly. She said y...
Very poorly. It’s something they say about me. Every so often a doctor or nurse stands by my bed and says, ‘You were very poorly.’ I’m starting to expect it. They often seem pleased – surprised almost – that I’m less poorly. I get the feeling that some people who were very poorly, died. I didn’t die. I chew over the word ‘liminal’ and remember how ...
They’ve been worried about my low blood pressure but they’ve brought me the Daily Mail so it’ll be fine in just a moment. I try to walk to the loo without using Sticky McStickstick. I stagger. I think of: M People, Heather Small: I sing to myself ‘Search for the hero inside yourself.’ When I get there I sit on the loo wondering how many people have...
I’m a traveller who reached the Land of the Dead. I broke the rule that said I had to stay. I crossed back over the water, I dodged the guard dog, I came out. I’ve returned. I wander about. I left some things down there. It took bits of me as prisoner: an ear and an eye. They’re waiting for me to come back. The ear is listening. The eye is the look...
Feb 2, 2023 · Review. Getting Better by Michael Rosen review – a survivor’s manual. The children’s author uses his experience of Covid as a hook to examine loss, mourning, and what comes next. Fiona...
Aug 20, 2021 · In March 2020, however, Rosen contracted Covid-19 and nearly died on three separate occasions. He spent two months in a medically induced coma and several more in recovery, learning to walk again ...
Mar 3, 2023 · March 3, 2023 7:00 am (Updated 10:43 am) Ask Michael Rosen how he is feeling and he will jovially run through the ailments that have plagued him since his hospitalisation from Covid in 2020....
Nov 6, 2021 · Poor Michael Rosen. He is one of the most respected poets of our time, a former Children’s Laureate who has published more than 200 books. ... (RRP £12.99). Buy now for £10.99 at books ...
