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By Hole Ousia March 23, 2026

Street art [in sunshine]

We passed this street art on Phoenix Road, on the way to Euston Station, London:

By Hole Ousia October 24, 2025

Progress hardly broke its stride

We have moved on ‘We have moved on’ (said doctor Knows Best) didn’t you notice?! Today we have targets, tooled by incentive, and our patients are our numbered ‘partners’. Betjeman … Continue reading Progress hardly broke its stride

By Hole Ousia August 12, 2024November 15, 2024

Calls for

Scotsman, 11 August 2024:

By Hole Ousia June 26, 2021November 25, 2024

‘You have misunderstood our intentions’, ‘your perception is all wrong’, says POWER. ‘No further action is required’, ‘the matter is now closed’, says POWER.

By Hole Ousia December 7, 2020November 27, 2024

It’s not alright

Several strap-lines from yesterday’s papers:

By Hole Ousia November 5, 2019December 2, 2024

is it all just?

Institutional power Individual power Soft power Behind-closed-doors power Double truth power Corporate power Ultimate power Is it all just power?

By Hole Ousia March 16, 2019December 4, 2024

What keeps corporate power hidden from doctors?

This letter by Dr David B Menkes has just been published in the BMJ. Unfortunately it is not included in the paper journal that arrived through my letterbox yesterday. Yes, … Continue reading What keeps corporate power hidden from doctors?