Andrew Aldred ISBN: 9781783826971 Published: 2024 Pages: 56 Key Themes: Mental Health, Depression, Bipolar, Manic Depression Description This book is about current events in my own life and what is happening in the world now in terms of foreign wars and domestic politics and events. It provides an opinion on a lot of current topics from which the reader can draw their own conclusions. About the Author Andrew Aldred went to a grammar school and started his working life in the army at the age of sixteen. When he left the army at twenty, he had substantial mental difficulties, but he passed some A levels, an NVQ in business administration and an HND in computer studies before his mental illness got too much for him and he committed a crime, stabbing his father with a kitchen knife in 1997. He went to prison and then to mental hospital where he started writing poetry. He has since written twelve books and worked as a warehouseman, a mental health support worker, and he has taught creative writing. He got married in 2011 and divorced in 2016, and still has a loving relationship with his ex-wife who he cares for at present. His hobbies include gardening, DIY, and writing.