A day he won’t have

I had bumped into a friend at the cash machine. We greeted each other, as we always do, with a … More

A sense of wonder, by Arthur Frank

The only real difference between people is not health or illness but the way each holds onto a sense of … More

The Soho Hospital for Woman (IV) I am out in the supermarket choosing – this very afternoon, this day … More

I had bumped into a friend at the cash machine. We greeted each other, as we always do, with a … More

because of the words and because of the books because of the woman in the anorak at the swimming baths … More

Nine years ago today I was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a cancer of the white blood cells. Even though I have … More

Medicine The black hair of my Chinese doctor gleams like combed ink as he leans over his desk, with quick … More