DEFINITELY NOT FOR THE SQUEAMISH! Action on Bladder Cancer I have recently discovered an article which was published in ‘The British Medical Journal’ of 1892 which I feel should be placed alongside my personal account of 21st Century surgery (see, ‘The Tale of a Tumour’). I am cognisant of the fact that the […]
A Wistful Contribution Recently, I came across a passage of correspondence within a collection of ‘Letters to the Editor’ in an archived newspaper and was immediately struck by the nostalgic tone of its writer and especially, of the subject being addressed. As I scanned the long newspaper column I discovered that it was […]
Blackberries and Prose There is nothing more likely to indicate to us folks in the temperate climate of middle England that Summer (if we have been lucky!) is coming to an end, than the arrival and full ripening of the wild blackberries (rubus) growing in public – usually neglected – spaces. This particular Summer has borne […]
MELTON MOWBRAY - In My Mind. 