being and becoming in the world
The words of: A S Byatt, Anne Tyler, Anthony Doerr, Candia McWilliam, Evelyn Waugh, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Gabriel García Márquez, Janice Galloway, John Macmurray, Julian Barnes, Margaret Drabble, Penelope Fitzgerald, Raymond … Continue reading Some lessons
BMJ submission by Dr Peter J Gordon. 2nd September 2015 Yesterday I was at a consultation event held by Healthcare Improvement Scotland which sought wider views on a proposed national … Continue reading The contributions of those “retired” often prove invaluable
NETWORK 3 [a film of voices]: To play this short film please click here or on the image above Voices include: Andrew Gordon, an unknown commentator, Anne Baird, BBC announcer, … Continue reading NETWORK 3 [voices]
The following response was written by myself over a decade ago. The recent extensive promotion of Scottish Brain Sciences reminded me of it. Response to the head to head debate: … Continue reading I write as ‘one of those’.
Whilst staying at Walnut Grove I read ‘How to be both’ by Ali Smith. It is a wonderful novel that reminds us why Art is so important in our lives. … Continue reading ‘It’s good to hear your voice’
NETWORK 3 [a film of voices]: To play this short film please click here or on the image above Voices include: Andrew Gordon, an unknown commentator, Anne Baird, BBC announcer, … Continue reading NETWORK 3 [voices]
“What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: our life is the creation of the mind.” Anonymous, The Dhammapada
The following quote from page 92 of ‘Aping Mankind’ by Raymond Tallis was about ‘stand-alone brain’ research. I was reminded of this in coming across a recent “Brain Camp” where … Continue reading the stand-alone brain