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By Hole Ousia Posted on November 20, 2016December 7, 2024

A fortunate man

Categories: History of medicine, Medical humanities, Two culturesTags: borrowed words, John Berger, Photography, quotes, reading
By Hole Ousia Posted on November 20, 2016December 7, 2024

The living mountain

Categories: Scotland, Two culturesTags: borrowed words, Mountains, Nan Shepherd, quotes, reading
By Hole Ousia Posted on October 22, 2016December 7, 2024

This long pursuit

Categories: Two culturesTags: borrowed words, quotes, reading
By Hole Ousia Posted on October 14, 2016December 7, 2024

The indestructibility of the imagination

William Carlos Williams [1883-1963]:                            

Categories: Folk worth talking about, History of medicine, Medical humanities, Poems, Two culturesTags: borrowed words, folk worth talking about, Lad o' pairts, poets, quotes, reading
By Hole Ousia Posted on October 13, 2016December 7, 2024

‘But the caption is wrong’

Categories: Two culturesTags: borrowed words, quotes, reading
By Hole Ousia Posted on September 19, 2016December 7, 2024

The Blue Afternoon

I have just read this novel by William Boyd. It reminds me of “In another light” by Andrew Greig. Quotes selected by Peter from “The Blue Afternoon” by William Boyd

Categories: Two culturesTags: borrowed words, quotes, reading, William Boyd
By Hole Ousia Posted on September 19, 2016May 6, 2025

I am a severed head

I recently read an article about Iris Murdoch in the London Review of Books by Colin Burrow. I found it most thoughtful. Today, many in the profession of medicine associate … Continue reading I am a severed head

Categories: Dementia, Two culturesTags: borrowed words, dementia, disembodied, quotes, reading
By Hole Ousia Posted on November 30, 2015December 7, 2024

The remains of the day

Categories: Two culturesTags: borrowed words, quotes, reading

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