“What gets us into trouble is not what we don’t know. It’s what we know for sure that just ain’t so.” The above is a...
When I was a junior doctor in the late 1990s writing my first scientific papers, once each article was finished, I had to fill out...
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the clinic room… The quote below comes from Rudy Baylor, a graduate fresh out...
Jeremy: Come on, man, shake your booty! Tonight even Paxman’s out, hoovering up lines of crank off Krishnan Guru-Murthy. Tonight’s the big one. Mark: Jeremy,...
“You’re not dying. You just can’t think of anything good to do” The above is the explanation given by high school student Ferris to his...
One morning in September ’95, about a month into my first house job on the South Coast of England, I emerged from the ridiculously early...
One of my favourite comic strips from my childhood was Good News, Bad News which ran in Jackpot comic from 1979-1982. In this strip, the...
In the second instalment of this two-part article (click here for Part 1), our editor Peter Cackett presents the ‘good news’ and ‘bad news’ from...
“Everyone at this party isn’t as young, fit and single as they’re making out. Yep, let’s face it, we’re all falling apart piece by piece....
David Greig lecture notebook. Courtesy of Dr Jacqueline Cahif, College Archivist, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. As sure as the inevitability of death and...