David Knight: I went to a cinema screening for lonely people – and I was the only one there
Something struck me as I watched the terrifying climactic scenes in Oscar-nominated film Jojo Rabbit on a big cinema screen in Aberdeen.
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David Knight: I am nothing but a weirdo misfit – put me in charge of the country
I might apply for a job with Dominic Cummings - chief mover and shaker behind Boris Johnson - who is creating a phalanx of free thinkers within 10 Downing Street.
David Knight: Teachers seem like Spitfire pilots thrown into the new Battle of Britain in schools
Even the numbskulls in our mathematics class knew the problem we were facing was going to end badly.
David Knight: Children on flights send you flipping mad? Spare a thought for the poor parents
It's festive season so I cannot wait to fly off on my holidays to escape it all.
David Knight: It is time for another referendum on independence – oh no it isn’t
Oh, the delicious irony of it all: I had just taken my seat to enjoy a pantomime as general election voting was in full swing.
David Knight: Mad Max reminds us showing humanity to others is essential to a life worth living
I feel I’ve got to know someone really well in recent months, although we have never actually met face to face.
David Knight: Failing to remember can risk landing you in situations you won’t forget in a hurry
It reminded me of the moment in I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! when the Dingo Dollar Challenge shutter came crashing down after players failed a task.
David Knight: Revamped art gallery provides plenty of food for thought – and not just in the cafe
I had not been in an art gallery like this for years, but fell in love with the first display I came across.
David Knight: Near-miss in poorly-lit Aberdeen car park was enough to drive anyone to distraction
My story begins in one of those sprawling retail car parks that can drive us nuts, especially at Christmas when it’s pistols at dawn over spaces.
David Knight: Medical students must see through the glamour of TV hospital drama if we are to solve our GP crisis
For some reason I started shaking uncontrollably on my hospital bed as I was being examined.
David Knight: Some older men buy Harley Davidsons, I went for slim-fit pyjamas – and still ended up in A&E
I was feeling sorry for myself while nursing a suspected broken finger in casualty.
David Knight: Is the secret to fixing the whole sorry Brexit saga buried in Union Terrace Gardens?
I wonder what Guy Fawkes would have made of the flames of anger and hatred engulfing our political world.
David Knight: Napoleonic strategy in towel Waterloo, and putting our trust in a ‘King’ of sorts…
I was gazing skywards from my customary sunbed position outside our lovely rented holiday villa, with its quaint country-style wall, garden and little gate.
David Knight: MND looks an almost impossible puzzle to crack – but hopefully clues will soon be revealed
I'll never forget a chilling conversation more than 30 years ago which still haunts me today.
David Knight: Uplifting conclusion is tempered by harsh reality that some more equal than others
Are you like me and find that certain quotes stay locked in your head for years, never to be erased or forgotten?
David Knight: Prescription drugs and dementia – why we need to get to the truth of the issue
Is it possible that doctors are putting us at greater risk from dementia with routine prescriptions for other illnesses?
David Knight: We can all be the superheroes who defeat the online bullies, for ever and ever
As a child I dreamed of being invisible.
David Knight: No sweat – how I’ve found a gentle new way to exercise these ageing limbs
I was standing on one leg in the middle of a park swirling my hands around my head as though I was balancing imaginary plates or trays of drinks.
David Knight: Inviting US medical providers into the NHS would be political suicide for Boris
Here I was in an NHS clinic again – it’s a rehabilitation routine which has become so familiar over the past year as I try to regain a normal life after major surgery.
David Knight: Brown bin service leaves a lot to be desired
Just like thousands of kids up and down the country awaiting exam results, I ripped open the envelope with mixed feelings - anticipation laced with trepidation.
David Knight: Eat enough of the bad stuff and you can stop worrying about managing the apples and pears
I perfected the art of walking downstairs backwards while enjoying a flying visit to catch up with relatives in Birmingham.
David Knight: Faced with a gun, I threw in a grenade – sometimes brinkmanship is best
It was, as President Trump might have put it, a "beautiful deal".
David Knight: Pity the poor drivers blamed for all the sins of modern cyclists
I'll never forget the day I dropped a lit cigarette onto my lap and it disappeared somewhere between my legs.
David Knight: We love to hate Nick Kyrgios because deep down we all want to be pantomime villains too
I recall pointing my mobile-phone camera at a traffic warden in a popular north-east park who then threatened to have me arrested on the spot.
David Knight: Something-for-nothing millennials need to grow up – and fast
My Irish mother endured a difficult childhood with zero prospects before emigrating from Cork to the UK as a teenager with her family of 12 - so one piece of advice she passed onto me had a huge impact.
David Knight: Mobility is key to good health and beating stress… But escape rooms should help too
As I tried in vain for the umpteenth time at airport security to enter my digital boarding card from a mobile app, I could sense a growing exasperation among the crowd waiting in line behind.
David Knight: Speech must be free but we should never be reckless about its cost
Words do, indeed, have consequences.
David Knight: If Brexit Britain needs a Churchillian saviour, might Boris just be the man?
It was the moment I had been dreading.
David Knight: Theresa May didn’t fail only on Brexit – just ask the women still fighting to get back their stolen pensions
Stealing handbags from grannies in their 60s is a shocking crime, but easy money for greedy opportunists.
David Knight: Some men’s sheds are overflowing with junk – others with enormous opportunity
I could see a pair of them lurking at the end of the supermarket checkout - another sign that the "Invasion of the Shed Men" is well underway.
David Knight: That’s not the way to do it – comparing politics to Punch and Judy is an insult to slapstick
Talk about giving Punch and Judy a bad name.
David Knight: Jeremy Kyle Show’s public humiliations a sad reflection of how we treat vulnerable
I only ever dipped into The Jeremy Kyle Show by accident, but I always felt a mixture of morbid fascination – as you do when passing a road crash – and an uneasy feeling about its mix of stage-managed misery and character assassination.