I'm an NHS doctor – and I've had enough of people clapping for me 🔗 — _Excerpt:_ I work for the NHS as a doctor. I don’t work “on the frontline” because there isn’t one; I’m not in the army and we aren’t engaged in military combat. But I do work as a consultant on a ward where we have had Covid-19, and colleagues of mine have been very unwell.
Month: May 2020
Posted on May 20, 2020
Currently reading: The Book of Tokyo: A City In Short Fiction (Reading the City) edited by Jim Hinks, Masashi Matsuie & Michael Emmerich 📚
Posted on May 20, 2020
This week’s Flickr Friday theme of Childhood Memories gave me the opportunity to do this. Luckily nobody saw me playing with Action Man in the garden. 😳
Posted on May 18, 2020
Track 18 May 2020 at 14:30 – Walking Track – ViewRanger 🔗 – 5 mile circular route.
Posted on May 18, 2020
The best Japanese film of every year – from 1925 to now 🔗 — _Excerpt:_ It’s a foolish endeavour to try to determine the best film, year by year, of any filmmaking nation, let alone one with so extraordinary a cinematic history as Japan. 🎥
Posted on May 14, 2020
Track 14 May 2020 at 14:45 – Walking Track – ViewRanger 🔗 – afternoon walk.
Posted on May 10, 2020
🎵 My Top weekly artists: Einstürzende Neubauten (43), Florestan Trio (18), Busch String Quartet (17) & David Bowie (14) via tweekly.fm
Posted on May 5, 2020
Covid-19 surveillance tech explained: 6 ways governments are monitoring the virus – and you 🔗 — _Excerpt:_ Governments across the world face the same dilemma: how to contain the spread of Covid-19 while at the same time re-opening their shuttered societies. The stakes are immense. Open up too early and the death toll could sky-rocket, putting health systems under enormous strain.
Posted on May 5, 2020
Brace yourself for the most dangerous idea yet: most people are pretty decent 🔗 — _Excerpt:_ Right now, more than ever, we need a hopeful view of human nature. While we’re right to keep our physical distance from those around us to stop the spread of the virus, we also need to believe that it’s these same people who will get us through it. We need to trust them.
Posted on May 3, 2020
🎵 My Top weekly artists: Mark Padmore; Paul Lewis (2), Michael Riesman & Philip Glass Ensemble (2), Rudolf Firkusny (2), Abbado, VPO, Norman (1) & Bartok Quartet (1) via tweekly.fm