An interview with George Saunders

This morning I listened to an interview with George Saunders on Radio 4. I was fascinated by what he had to say. So much so that I have transcribed the … Continue reading An interview with George Saunders

Fiction had disrupted reality

Sancho Panza recalls – that a Russian doctor mistook Peter to be Patrick Geddes. Sancho Panza recalls – that the gardener who practised medicine and now plants trees mistook the … Continue reading Fiction had disrupted reality

A social maverick

Last Friday I met, for the first time, Dr Evgeny Legedin who is a junior doctor working in psychiatry. Evgeny offers this description of himself on social media: “daring to … Continue reading A social maverick

‘Lines with unfinished endings’

These unfinished lines are from a humourous poetic composition (versus de cabo rata) from Don Quixote by Cervantes. [the photograph is of Dr Peter J Gordon taken in his NHS … Continue reading ‘Lines with unfinished endings’