Literature deepens our understanding of birth, life and death, but they are also components of our existence touched upon every day in the engagement of medicine. Medicine and literature weave inextricably together in the work of body, mind and soul. Many writer-doctors have successfully bridged the worlds of literature and medicine. Some noteworthy writer-doctors include: [...]
h4. Workspace stg 416 pence Workspace’s core product offering is affordable, flexible business space in London including offices, studios, workshops and light industrial units. Over 80 per cent of the company’s customers employ less than 10 people. The London-focused portfolio leaves it well-placed to be a key beneficiary of the city’s superior growth dynamics but [...]
As meals go, it was entirely ordinary. Absolutely nothing special. Tossed salad with a bit of smoked salmon and a few other little salady bits and pieces. Ordinary. But for me, it was the most satisfying meal I’ve had in ages. And not because I was particularly hungry or not because I felt noble and [...]
We have spoken quite a lot over the years about the ‘French Paradox’, that is people who consume a diet relatively high in fat and still have a low incidence of heart disease. There are many explanations for the ‘Paradox’ and they include the putative protective effect of wine, especially red wine. Red wine contains [...]
City in Revolt is the story of Jim Larkin and the Belfast Dock Strike of 1907. John Gray tells the story of the summer of 1907 when the unskilled workers of Belfast, Protestant and Catholic, unite in strike action which threw the city into chaos. This first major strike by Irish unskilled workers in the [...]
Something happened the other day that has me worried. There’s a good chance I might be a prude. Or maybe I’ve just become a grown-up. Maybe I’m turning into an old person– and a grumpy one at that. Whatever the label, I recently found myself tut-tutting and thinking very intolerant thoughts about my fellow man. [...]
Before I ever had a child, patients used to ask my advice about their children. About parenting. About why baby Chloe would never go to sleep in her cot and spent the night kicking her mom and dad in the neck. About why little Jimmy would not poo in the loo at the ancient age [...]
Scientific progress is a fundamentally unscientific concept. To progress implies a goal towards which we are progressing– an ideal or a good; in this case presumably the good of mankind. h4. Moral vision needed We cannot bandy the term medico-scientific progress around without asking the question: what is the purpose of ‘scientific research’? Once that [...]
This summer Dublin will feel the presence of one of history’s greatest figures when a Leonardo da Vinci Codex takes up residence in an exhibition in the city centre. The ghost of Leonardo da Vinci, who some have called the first modern scientist and part-time artist, hovers north and south of the River Liffey. To [...]
With some level of nervousness about property and equity markets, investors may look at some lower risk alternatives — including corporate bonds. Bonds have trad-itionally been viewed as a low-risk alternative for investors in times of increased uncertainty or volatility given their low risk profile and their typical inverse correlation with other asset classes. So [...]
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