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A tale of two (make that three) bitches

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A tale in which our hero experiences a medical miracle

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An entrancing play that captures the defining scene in the life of Mary Ann Evans (George Eliot)

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My obituary of Tessa Richards, reflections on writing obituaries, and my personal memories of Tessa

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The 30-year campaign of Tessa Richards to make patient partnership in the NHS and the BMJ a reality rather that a largely-ignored aspiration

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My Plan Bs for sustaining health care: please share yours

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Death is the main shaper of medical care

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Strange conversation

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A novel on the making of the Lancet and of Thomas Wakley, “the medical Florence Nightingale”

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“Doing science” with our granddaughters

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“Nobody dies saying ‘I wish I’d spent more time on the office.’” Well, I might be the first

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Hanging out with Nazis and watching a magnificent play

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Not guilty verdict in trial of doctors and nurses for criminal damage to world’s biggest funder of fossil fuels shows importance of juries and public support for strong action on the climate crisis

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At last, somebody who admires my dancing

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A dance inspired by a suicide note

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How to steal the 2026 US elections

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“Eating people is wrong” (Or is it?)

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Three couples are offered a chance to reconsider or renegoiate their marriage

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What does it feel like to be living in an emerging fascist state? A “Jane Austin meets Hitler” novel tells us What does it feel like to be living in an emerging...

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An ancient civilisation collapsed because of lack of water, modern Iran may be about to follow, and many others may follow later

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