A Lifetime of Moments

A Lifetime of Moments

The brutally honest, unexpectedly funny memoir of a man who’s faced cancer, Marfan syndrome, politics, family chaos and a runaway bull, and still somehow smiles.

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📚 Memoir • Humour • Resilience 📍 Set in Hampshire, hospitals & the occasional chaos zone
“Bloody good read… interesting, funny and above all honest.” — Grant N
“So inspiring. Relatable, real and very amusing… you talk about things people don’t talk about.” — Gill W
“I did laugh so much — my budgie wanted to know why! Your way with words is endearing.” — Pam T-C

About the Book

From a thunderstorm birth in 1964 to an adulthood full of hospitals, local politics, railways, romance and rogue internal organs, A Lifetime of Moments is proof that life rarely goes to plan, but it can still be very, very funny.

This isn’t a “woe is me” misery memoir. It’s a love letter to ordinary chaos: to Michelle (my soulmate of 20 years), Enma, my wonderfully dysfunctional extended family, grandchildren in foster care, councils in crisis, naturist mishaps, cardiac labs, Flying Scotsman, and that time I accidentally got shouted at by armed police outside a football stadium.

  • 'Living with cancer, Marfan syndrome & disability — with humour intact.',
  • 'Love stories that don’t fit neatly in a Hollywood box (and are better for it).',
  • 'Behind the scenes of parish councils, chairmanship & civic chaos.',
  • 'Comedy nights, naturist moments & the Lord Mayor’s pink slippers.',
  • 'A “Threads Theory” that might just change how you see your own life.',

One minute you’ll be laughing at misjudged school plays and elevator manufacturers. The next, you’ll be wiping away a quiet tear. That’s life. That’s this book.

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About Keith Budden

I’m a council-chair-turned-author from Liss, Hampshire. Over the years I’ve been a husband, partner, dad, grandad, counsellor, councillor, trainer, podcast host, naturist (briefly, pun fully intended), rail partnership chair, and long-term resident of more hospital departments than I care to count.

I don’t claim to be brave. I just kept playing the hand I was dealt, with as much humour, love and stubbornness as I could muster.

Media & Speaking

Looking for a guest who can talk candidly (and funnily) about illness, resilience, local politics, family chaos and why hospital gowns were clearly designed by a committee of sadists?

I’m available for:

  • Radio & podcast interviews
  • TV / online lifestyle segments
  • Talks for charities, patient groups & business events
  • Articles on resilience, disability, GDPR & local government
Human interest Health & disability Local politics Humour

Press Contact

📍 Liss, Hampshire, UK

Is This Book for You?

Short answer: probably yes. Long answer: definitely yes if any of these sound like you.

  • You’ve faced illness, loss or life-changing diagnosis — personally or in your family.
  • You enjoy memoirs that are honest but not self-pitying, and funny without being flippant.
  • You work in the NHS, social care, charity, or local government and need a reminder it all matters.
  • You like your inspiration with a side of chaos, naturist incidents and malfunctioning lifts.
  • You’ve ever thought, “If I don’t laugh, I’ll cry.”

A Few Moments You’ll Meet Inside

“It’s a Boy! – Adventures in the Cardiac Lab”

What happens when a grown man, a pacemaker and a team of very calm cardiologists collide.

“Only a Heartbeat Away”

The not-quite-a-romance, more-than-a-friendship story of Keith & Jayne.

“The Lord Mayor’s Pink Slippers”

Showgirls, chains of office, vintage port and fluffy footwear.

“It’s Not the Marfan, It’s the Man”

Living with a rare condition, and why Keith carries on anyway.

“Flying Scotsman & a Mouthful of Steam”

National treasure locomotive, local schoolkids and a chairman pressed to the window.

“Threads”

A simple idea that ties together a lifetime of tiny, life-changing moments.

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