“Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don’t have the strength.“ Theodore Roosevelt
Author Archives: Alun Rees
The People’s Covid Inquiry – opening quote
Michael Mansfield QC doesn’t pull his punches…. The government ignored the pandemic to begin with, ignored the recommendations from Exercise Cygnus, repeatedly ignored the science, had decimated public services, then ignored the cries of those working in the NHS, in social care, and in other crucial services, and as we have heard, ignored the offersContinue reading “The People’s Covid Inquiry – opening quote”
The Monday Morning Quote #665
“In the middle of the journey of our life, I found myself in a dark wood with no clear way out.” Dante Alighieri The opening of Dante’s Inferno.
Low Morale in the Dental Profession – Nothing new there.
I came across the book “Medicine and Society” recently. Its author, Henry Miller, was Dean of Medicine and later Vice-Chancellor of the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and this book was published in 1973, the year I started as an Undergraduate. Writing in the preface Miller concisely states that “This book is concerned with the impact ofContinue reading “Low Morale in the Dental Profession – Nothing new there.”
The Monday Morning Quote #664
“The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.” Lily Tomlin
Sing-a-long-a-Moray
From New York Times via Charles Arthur’s Overspill. An interesting enough story from the research labs which, the reporter Sabrina Imbler wrote “When an Eel Climbs a Ramp to Eat Squid From a Clamp, That’s a Moray” as the “dek” (aka subheading) but the section editor Michael Roston determined it should be the headline. ButContinue reading “Sing-a-long-a-Moray”
The Fortune Men by Nadifa Mohamed
The Fortune Men by Nadifa Mohamed My rating: 4 of 5 stars Set in the city where I grew up and in a time not too long before I was born, this novel describes the events around the unlawful killing of two people. Both are immigrants who live in the area around Cardiff Docks thatContinue reading “The Fortune Men by Nadifa Mohamed”
The Monday Morning Quote #663
On Midsummer’s Day, some words from A Midsummer Night’s Dream – enjoy. “The course of true love never did run smooth.” “Lord, what fools these mortals be!” “My soul is in the sky.” “If we shadows have offended,Think but this, and all is mended,That you have but slumbered hereWhile these visions did appear.And this weakContinue reading “The Monday Morning Quote #663”
The Monday Morning Quote #662
“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” ― William James
The Monday Morning Quote #661
Up to a point a person’s life is shaped by environment, heredity, and changes in the world about them. Then there comes a time when it lies within their grasp to shape the clay of their life into the sort of thing they wish it to be. Only the weak blame parents, their times, lackContinue reading “The Monday Morning Quote #661”
The Incisal Edge 