Timorous wee beastie
On Sunday morning I came across a dead mouse floating in the water of a galvanised watering can in our garden. This discovery left me close to tears. I was … Continue reading Timorous wee beastie
Category: History of medicine
Material that relates to the history of medicine
The Big Read
Between 1-in-4 and 1-in-5 adults in the UK are taking prescribed psychiatric drugs. This is a fact and is in no way meant to “shame”.
BUMP-TIOUS SCIENCE
In relation to over-certainty, phrenology, a long abandoned discipline, is a cogent reminder of ‘bumptious’ science. From Julian Barnes, final book ‘DEPARTURE[S]‘:
may come suddenly
Ruichlachrie, Glen Bruar
DEPARTURE[S]
Julian Barnes final book. To be aired on BBC FOUR, 26 March 2026:
Street art [in sunshine]
We passed this street art on Phoenix Road, on the way to Euston Station, London:
Science teaching must abandon its isolation
Aberdeen Evening Express, 10 January 1942.
Diaries of Evelyn Waugh
I recently read ‘The Diaries of Evelyn Waugh‘ as edited by Michael Davie. What is shared below is a small selection of entries, often partial, which do not present the … Continue reading Diaries of Evelyn Waugh