Summer reading

To continue this season of not, where I have been reposting old blog posts and links to some others, I … More

On Being Chipper

There were just a few of us in the room, gathered round a table. I had been invited to speak. … More

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

Dear Cancer It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Fifteen years, to be precise. To the day. Amazing to realise it … More

Before I start, I want to say that this is not about stats. This is not about stats. What this … More

Dear Arthur Frank I’m writing to say thank you for your extraordinary book At the Will of the Body. It is … More

Phil has been round. I know this because we came home the other night to find a pack of Toffee … More

Some of you will have seen this blog post before. It is a taster of some of the contents … More

Dear James (may I call you James?) Though it’s been a while (at least ten years, maybe more) it feels as … More