There is a comforting belief that medicine always moves forward in a clean, orderly line, that each generation knows more than the last and leaves nothing behind except ignorance and error. It is a soothing thought, and an understandable one. Yet history is far gentler and stranger than that. Britain’s medical past is crowded with … Continue reading The Painful Science of Good Intentions.
Great Britain
The Forgotten Neighbourhoods Beneath Our Feet.
There are places that vanish so completely they leave no faces behind. No photographs. No fixed moments held still in silver or light, nothing to point at and say this is how it looked, this is how they stood. Only words remain, rumours, court records, complaints, reform pamphlets, and the soft, persistent ache of absence. … Continue reading The Forgotten Neighbourhoods Beneath Our Feet.
For Freedom, For King, For Country.
Beneath the sky so wide, so free,beats Britain’s heart, her destiny.I speak with pride, I walk my way,because of those who won the day.Our forebears, steadfast, brave, and true,through storm and fire, they battled through.For King, for country, side by side,they faced the dark, they turned the tide.They gave their youth, their hope, their breath,they … Continue reading For Freedom, For King, For Country.
Intwined 