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Where Pathology Meets Compassion

Yesterday I visited my friend Paul in our local hospital – the ‘James Paget University Hospital’. James Paget was a local boy. Born in Great Yarmouth in 1814, Paget studied medicine in London. Studying the cause of diseases, he became one of the greatest surgeons and pathologists of his day. Wikipedia tells me that ‘Paget’s…

When ‘No you can’t’ is OK

1972 was a significant year for me. It was the year I qualified as a teacher and started teaching. Rachel and I got married and bought our first house together. I didn’t know what life had in store for me, but there were endless possibilities and opportunities. Today, fifty-four years later I can look back…

Two Sides of the Story…

Elizabeth Gilbert tells a joke about a poor Italian who goes to church and prays before the statue of a great saint, begging to win the lottery… every day for months. ‘Finally the exasperated statue comes to life, looks down at the begging man and says in weary disgust, ‘My son – please, please, please……

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