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Tag: A L Kennedy

By Hole Ousia Posted on July 2, 2025

‘Will eventually drown out’

From ‘Alive in the Merciful Country’ by A J Kennedy.

Categories: Medical humanities, Progress hardly broke its stride, PsychiatryTags: A L Kennedy, Doctors' Use of social media, professional values, Social Media, social media skills for psychiatrists, Twitter
By Hole Ousia Posted on July 2, 2025

NEON I N D I C A T O R S

A line from ‘Alive in the Merciful Country’ by A L Kennedy.

Categories: Progress hardly broke its strideTags: A L Kennedy, Lecture in progress, NEON, The NEON Yellow Preservation Society
By Hole Ousia Posted on July 2, 2025

he’s gentle

From ‘Alive in the Merciful Country’ by A L Kennedy.

Categories: Progress hardly broke its stride, Two culturesTags: A L Kennedy, courage to care, gentle gardener, Peter Scott-Gordon, Rebel antiquary, sapere aude, stiltskins, The Rebel antiquary
By Hole Ousia Posted on July 2, 2025July 2, 2025

‘You do have to hope, don’t you?’

Featuring on the first page of the latest novel by A L Kennedy:  The PORSOLT: Forced Swimming Test:

Categories: Progress hardly broke its stride, This is Not yesterdayTags: A L Kennedy, antidepressants, folk worth talking about, Porsolt, SSRIs
By Hole Ousia Posted on June 11, 2020November 30, 2024

Scottish women writers who showed me the way

I have just ordered this book. I am so looking forward to reading it: Some of the women writers who have shown me the way, include: Kathleen Jamie [click on … Continue reading Scottish women writers who showed me the way

Categories: Scotland, Two culturesTags: A L Kennedy, Ali Smith, books, Janice Galloway, Kathleen Jamie, Muriel Spark, Nan Shepherd, reading, Sian Williams
By Hole Ousia Posted on January 5, 2019December 4, 2024

A Penguin

“A penguin finds no difficulty in being a penguin, It simply is. This is also possible for you.” A L Kennedy, ‘On Having More Sense’

Categories: Medical humanities, Two culturesTags: A L Kennedy, reading
By Hole Ousia Posted on April 9, 2018December 5, 2024

‘to occasionally let out a burst of calculated candour’

In “Corridors of Power” C.P. Snow reveals how effective it is for civil servants to: Since the 1st of April 2018, Organisational Duty of Candour has become a statutory requirement for … Continue reading ‘to occasionally let out a burst of calculated candour’

Categories: NHS ScotlandTags: A L Kennedy, C P Snow, Corridors of Power, Duty of candour, Scottish Government
By Hole Ousia Posted on April 27, 2017December 6, 2024

Excuse the language

‘Serious Sweet‘ by A L Kennedy.

Categories: PhilosophyTags: A L Kennedy
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