In a hot Washington DC two days ago I needed the toilet. I was on Wisconsin Avene in Georgetown. My English reserve suddenly overcame me. I dreaded the thought of […]
Editors at large
David Payne: The boy who can’t forget
I have a good memory. Actually I’m being modest. I have an amazing memory, according to friends and family. 29 June 1974. A Saturday. I was eight. We went on […]
Juliet Dobson: Open journalism and social media
The Guardian is well known for being at the forefront of journalism and for pushing forward ever more innovative ways of covering the news. A talk at King’s Place on […]
Domhnall MacAuley: Top ten sports medicine publications in the last year
The top ten publications of the last year in sport and exercise medicine? It is inevitably, a personal choice and I selected these papers because they challenge, educate, and question […]
Elizabeth Loder: Why can’t a headache clinic be more like a Cheesecake Factory restaurant?
I hate to think of myself as prejudiced, but a night out at a Cheesecake Factory chain restaurant is not my idea of fine dining. I’ll go there if I […]
Tessa Richards: Forget fashion—go for value
How much of the care patients receive is determined by their doctor’s decision to provide it as opposed to their need and preference for it? And how much money might […]
Domhnall MacAuley: Mental rehearsal in medicine
Let’s try a few mental exercises. Can you tell me how many windows you would see if you stood at the front of your house, do the first three notes […]
Domhnall MacAuley: Santa Claus and Lance Armstrong
Santa Claus and Lance Armstrong. From the moment you stop believing—it’s never quite the same. After ten years of outrunning his accusers, Armstrong says he is not going to fight […]
Tessa Richards: Personal information empowers and its shift to the people makes sense
Given that health is our most precious commodity it is odd that many of us know so little about it. Part of the reason is that we are not used […]
Domhnall MacAuley: Some Olympic reflections
It’s the smile that gives it away. The Olympic smile. Couch potatoes, academic nerds, fashionistas, computer geeks, and sporty types united. All bewitched. With life on hold for the last […]