On October 11th, I will be running the Oxford Half Marathon for Brain Tumour Research, in memory of my brother, Huw Peach.

In January 2023, our family was hit with the devastating news that my older brother, Huw, had developed an aggressive brain tumour. There was nothing that could be done to treat it and he lived his last few weeks out at home with his family, with grace, humour and courage. He died on March 7th 2023, aged just 56.

It was, and continues to be, one of the most devastating things that has happened to me... and there is not a day that goes past when I don't think of Huw.

If you know me, then you will also know that I have done a lot of fundraising in the past for ARUK, which continues to be a huge part of my life, as I now work in a dementia research laboratory at Oxford University. If I've learned one thing - it is that the brain is a most complex and difficult thing to study - not least because you cannot conduct research on a live brain!

What I do know, is that there are huge amounts of brilliant people who are making great progress in understanding diseases of the brain - including brain cancer. And, in Huw's name, this is my opportunity to help the people at Brain Tumour Research.