being and becoming in the world
The Expert told Parliament that there is “compelling evidence” for long-term treatment with antidepressants. This the Expert said is “maintenance treatment”.[1] The Expert told Parliament: “Depression is under-treated across the … Continue reading Compelling Evidence
It was Patrick Geddes who created the ‘Outlook Tower’. Geddes, dead long-before I was born, has helped me see. More than any other.
The auld hoose of Turnalt in Argyll is now semi-ruinous. However it still carries grace in its symmetry and proportions. It had ‘Adam style’ before there was Adam. Turnalt hoose … Continue reading According to Orders
This is a short film that considers the so-called “two culture” divide between the Arts and the Sciences. Behind the graph lie a million stories: To play this short film … Continue reading Behind the graph lie a million stories
This is an edited section of the first paragraph of the Editorial in the current Scottish Review of Books (VOL 13 – NUMBER 4 . 2018):
Sunday, 17th September 2017. To the Chair of Healthcare Improvement Scotland. Dear Dame Coia, I do hope that you may appreciate that I write out of the shared wish to … Continue reading Patrick Geddes: insights into improving health and wellbeing
The maverick sociologist, Patrick Geddes, was of the view that in terms of education there needed to be a synthesis of all new knowledge and that such knowledge needed to … Continue reading A novelty in interviews
I say this as an NHS Consultant who has worked in Scotland for more then twenty years in a specialty. My wife is a GP. There are a number of … Continue reading I aspire to be a ‘generalist’