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• A history of footballing mardiness
  by Neil Heath
  4th Jan 2026
  As a kid I would get mardy about football. I would be called mardy. I would be told not to get so mardy. When I was upset or/and crying, invariably I’d be told I was just being mardy or ‘having a mard on’. But being accused of being mardy would only make me more mardy…
• The Neurodivergent Teacher (for 3 months only)
  by Neil Heath
  29th Dec 2025
  Working in a school as a teacher exposed my ADHD traits. I just didn’t know it at the time. It’s blindingly obvious now. Following redundancy from the BBC, during lockdown, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do. Teaching appealed. Schools had stayed open during the pandemic to an extent. I wouldn’t be stuck at…
• The Distracted, Mardy Kid with the Busy Brain
  by Neil Heath
  21st Dec 2025
  As part of any neurodivergence assessment they ask you about the school years. It tests the memory, but it all gradually comes back. Primary school was harder to recall with it being about 40 years ago. But I did remember the frequent trouble I got into with one teacher when I was 8/9. I didn’t…