Philippa Willitts

Sheffield-based freelance journalist, writer, proofreader and podcaster. Not always able to suppress strong opinions. On Twitter @PhilippaWrites.

Depression, Diagnosis, Disability: How Robin Williams’ death played out on social media

Mass outpourings of grief via Twitter and Facebook are now commonplace. Speaking of the death of Robin Williams, Jonathan Mahler wrote in th

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Robin Williams’ death is no less tragic than it was before his Parkinson’s disease diagnosis

When somebody in the public eye kills themselves, there is immediate speculation and commentary about their reason for doing it. In Robin…

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