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“As I begin 2019 I wonder how I might introduce to my own clinical space some of the human warmth I felt among those brave, breathless singers. Bring biscuits? Offer a choice of music from my phone? Or perhaps just remove my head from my own backside long enough to engage meaningfully for a whileContinue reading “Perhaps just remove my head from my own backside long enough to engage….”

My first posting on this blog was on 14th May 2008. To date there have been 1,558 published entries spread over those 3885 days, that works out at one every 2.5 days or thereabouts, (another 3885 days will take us to 22nd August 2029). To quote Andi McDowell that may be “a fair run”, lessContinue reading “The best is yet to come, with edit…”

What does success mean to you? These wise words from Ralph Waldo Emerson defined success thus: “To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best inContinue reading “Happy New Year – to continued success and happiness.”

We want the service but we don’t want our children to work there. A review in the FT of “Seasonal Associate” by Heike Geissler – available from all good bookshops… “…..This is one of the themes of the book: how it feels to work in a job that has no use for your sparks ofContinue reading ““Seasonal Associate’s” Greetings to Amazon.”

“Even a correct decision is wrong when it was taken too late.” Lee Iacocca

“George Harrison once said to me, ‘If we’d known we were going to be the Beatles, we would have tried harder,’ ” (Eric) Idle writes. “I think the same could be said of Monty Python.”

“Everything that is not forbidden by laws of nature is achievable given the right knowledge” David Deutsch, quoted in “Enlightenment Now“

How shall I a habit break?As you did that habit make.As you gathered, you must lose;As you yielded, now refuse.Thread by thread the strands we twistTill they bind us, neck and wrist.Thread by thread the patient handMust untwine, ere free we stand.As we builded, stone by stone,We must toil, unhelped, alone,Till the wall is overthrown.Continue reading “A Builder’s Lesson.”

I was sad to hear of the death of Julian Tudor-Hart recently. I quote from his obituaries: A visionary general practitioner (GP) who spent his career practising what he preached, Julian Tudor Hart is best known as the author of the inverse care law: “The availability of good medical care tends to vary inversely withContinue reading “Julian Tudor-Hart RIP”