{"id":53323,"date":"2025-08-21T15:20:44","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T14:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=53323"},"modified":"2026-04-22T14:20:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:20:03","slug":"john-davidson-i-swear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/john-davidson-i-swear\/","title":{"rendered":"John Davidson I SWEAR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Doubleday published their hardback edition of I SWEAR: My Life with Tourette&#8217;s by <a href=\"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/index.php\/john-davidson\/\">John Davidson<\/a> on 21 August 2025 and the tie-in paperback edition on 15 January 2026. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Funny and heartfelt &#8230; this skillfully told tale deserves praise for how it lets us non-sweary people see inside the ordinary, albeit anxious, mind of someone with Tourette syndrome.&#8221;&nbsp;<em>The Times<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;An 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